CSA 12, 10¢ dark blue (small faults) tied RICHMOND VA. MAR or MAY  9 (1864) circular datestamp on charming small mourning cover to H.C. McKee Jr., Terrell Light Artillery, Savannah, Georgia. There are very few mourning covers used this late in the war for various reasons from desensitization to war-related fatalities due to repeated exposure to such news to the difficulty finding stationery due to the blockade. Embossed initial on flap tip and display beautifully with flap up. Click here to see the back of the cover which is contemporaneously docketed “Savh (Savannah) Ga Received May 10 1864.” Ex Renate W. Thayer. $550.

Terrell (Georgia) Light Artillery was formed during the winter of 1861-1862 with men from Terrell County. It was attached to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, and was active on the Georgia and South Carolina coast. During December, 1864, the company was engaged in the defense of Savannah. It later served in the North Carolina Campaign and surrendered with the Army of Tennessee. Private Hockley Cloyd McKee Jr. of Columbus, Ga., served in Company C.