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Item# 21292

18TH ARMY CORPS HOSPITAL - POINT OF ROCKS (NEAR PETERSBURG, VA.): Money letter to “Lieut. William T. Norris, Fifth Regmt S.C. Vols, Hospital of 18th Army Corps, Point of Rocks, Near Petersburg, Va., Care of Chas. Blake, Ward Master, 3d Ward, 1st Division"; franked with an uncanceled US 65, 3¢ rose (the norm for such letters as they did not pass through the mails due to security if included money); manuscript "$ U. S. Currency" indicating handling by military courier; examiner's penciled "ex", no postal markings; stamp damaged, otherwise Very Fine. Ex Galen Harrison. ONE OF ONLY THREE RECORDED EXAMPLES FROM THIS LOCATION. Norris was captured Oct. 7, 1864, at the Siege of Petersburg. $1,400.



Price: $1400