CSA 12, 10¢ blue (AD) tied Army grid cancel on cover to T.H. Higinbotham, Care Capt D. Vass, Mobile, Ala with docketing up left side “Recd 9, answd 11 de ”, file fold across left end. This was a companion cover to a Louisiana Relief cover addressed to the same party during this time period. $150.

T.H. Higinbotham is shown in military records as 1st Sgt Co C 2 Regt Engineer Troops commanded by Capt. L. Hutchinson. His residence is logically listed as New Orleans. Capt. Douglas Vass was the Quartermaster at Mobile from November 1861 until August 26, 1864 when Mobile fell. Higinbotham is shown on the Roll of POWs surrendered at Citronelle, Ala by Lt. Gen. R. Taylor, CSA to Maj. Gen. E.R.S. Canby USA in May 1865 and paroled at Meridian, Miss. The 2nd Regiment Engineer Troops, Army and Department of the Gulf, was organized 7 Aug 1863 in Mobile, Alabama under Capt. Hutchinson.