“Kittrell NC Oct 15 (1861) Paid 5” all in manuscript on Cannon and Flag patriotic (CN-3, Slogan 35 “God and Our Rights,” CCV $3,500), addressed to Capt. Geo. Wortham, 2nd Regt. N.C. Vols., Norfolk, Virginia.” Top back flap missing, reduced top and bottom and folded in slightly at sides, reinforced edge tears at top. $500.

George Washington Wortham (1823-1883) was a 38-year-old lawyer when he enlisted April 22, 1861, as a captain in Co. D, North Carolina 12th Infantry, Granville Grays. In April of the next year he was transferred to Field & Staff, North Carolina 50th Infantry. By November 1863, he was promoted to full colonel. He resumed the practice of law after the war at Oxford, NC.