CSA 13d, 20¢ green diagonal bisect (light creasing) tied CHARLESTON S.C. OCT 24 (1864) CDS on small square folded letter to J.B. Grimball Esq Spartanburg So Ca. to father from son Arthur Grimball who speaks of recently leaving Fort Sumter and of yellow fever within the troops. $800.

John Berkley Grimball (1800-1892): The Grimballs were prominent planters and owners of Pinebury and Grove plantations near Charleston, S.C. Their correspondence is in the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and particularly known to postal historians for blockade-run covers. Arthur served in the Marion Artillery, Captain Parker's Company of Light Artillery.