Items for Sale - CSA 7, 5¢ Local Typograph on Cover - Section Two - Item#15188
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Item# 15188

CSA 7-R, 5¢ blue on scarcer local paper, tied ANDERSON / Tex. // MAY / 19 cds on green lined commercially made cover to Wm. H. Neblett, Capt. Stepherson’s Co (I), Col. Elmore’s Regt, Galveston, Texas. Ex Gallagher. $400.

William H. Neblett was 35 years old when he enlisted at Anderson, Texas, as a private 9 March 1863 into Co. I, 20th Texas Infantry. He was noted as detached to Adjutant General’s Office in Galveston in December 1863, then transferred to Houston, Texas, in July 1864 where he was detached to the Quartermaster’s Department. Before the war, Neblett was a Texas farmer, planter and attorney. He married Elizabeth Scott (1833-1917) in 1852, who became known for her published diary and letters spanning 1852-1864 with observations on slave and class relations, regional politics, lynching, farm management, medical practices, mental illness, and the Civil War in Texas. She wrote, "I can never gain worldly honors. Fame can never be mine. I am a woman ! A woman! I can hardly teach my heart to be content with my lot."

Price: $400