CSA 7-R, 5¢ blue pair (small faults) tied STRAWBERRY PLAINS TENN MAY 3 circular datestamp on cover (roughly opened at right) to Maj. W. B. Modawill (?), McKinley, Alabama. TWO MILITARY LETTERS neatly written in bold ink. One is a “copy” and headed Adjutant & Inspector General’s Office, Richmond April 22 1863 “General Orders No. 48” signed “By Order S. Cooper, Adjutant & Inspector General,” in short, stating that if a soldier tenders his resignation, it shall be accepted. The second letter is addressed to “Dear Buck” headed “Strawberry Plains Tenn May 1st 1863” in which he says he is enclosing the first letter from Col. Moody in reference to his (the writer’s) case. It is signed Saml. E. Chapman; Chapman served in Company B of the Alabama 43rd Infantry as a First Lieutenant. Ex Paul Boschung. $180.