CSA #12-KB, 10¢ blue tied CHARLESTON / S.C / DEC / 31 on homemade adversity cover to “A.J. Whetston, Cooks Club, Orangeburg C.H. Care of A. Whetson” with soldier docketing “Johns Island Bat Trenholm Co B via C(h)arleston”. Johns Island is one of the outer islands in Charleston Harbor and no doubt the soldier was serving there. Battery Trenholm or Fort Trenholm was built in late 1864 and named for George A. Trenholm, a Charleston cotton factor, blockade runner, and secretary of the treasury for the Confederacy. The fort was designed to strengthen the batteries controlling the Stono River, particularly Fort Pringle. Additionally, Fort Trenholm was sited to prevent a flanking movement of the James Island batteries by a land force on John’s Island. There is only one Whetston (without an “e” on the end) in the military records and that is J.D.H. Whetston of Co B and C SC 15th Battallion Heavy Artillery which fits. $200.