Items for Sale - CSA 12, 10¢ Blue Intaglio - Type II on Cover - Section Three - Item#16241
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Item# 16241

Talladega, Ala, 10¢ black with postmaster initials, listed as handstamped provisional #143XU1 but only considered a provisional use when not used. This is a stampless cover (CSA Catalog type E, CV $200) posted with a Nov 17 town postmark on TURNED COVER to Mrs. Hamilton P. Snow, Gainesville, Alabama; inside use bears 3-margin CSA 12 tied bold GAINSVILLE / ALA // NOV / 7 cds and is addressed to Hamilton P. Snow, Camp Buckner, Talladega, Alabama.   $275.

Private Hamilton Post Snow (1826-1907) enlisted as a private in Company C, Alabama Camp of Instruction, Talladega. The only thing I can find in his military records in NARA is a receipt for clothing dated April 14, 1864. Some of the men at this camp were transferred to other regiments, some were unfit for service and never served in the war, and some were Indian Wars soldiers who were called upon to train the men. More research needed for his personal situation. Maria Esther Snow (1832-1912) was the wife of Hamilton. They are buried together at the Odds Fellow Cemetery in Gainesville, Alabama.

Price: $275