Flag of Truce: US #65, 3¢ rose tied cork with OLD POINT COMFORT / VA // AUG / 25 [186?] double circle on cover to Mrs. Samuel R. Rucker, Murfreesboro, Tennessee Care of Mrs. D. D. Wendell. Uncertain of year of use as Murfreesboro fell early in the war and thus Rucker, who was fighting in the South, had to send mail home via Flag of Truce. $160.

Private Robert M. Rucker enlisted in Co. A 2nd Tennessee Infantry on 27 April 1861 at Camp Galloway, Murfreesboro for a period of 12 months. He was detailed with pioneer (the military of the past used this term when referring to engineers), owed stores $600 lost pioneer detail; wounded at Chickamauga; taken prisoner at Goldsboro NC March 22, 1865, arrived at Point Lookout 3 April 1865 and released 16 June 1865 after taking Oath of Allegiance. Resided in Rutherford, Tenn.; dark complexion, dark hair, blue eyes, 6’1 ½” tall.