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3¢ red star-die entire (U26) tied grid and EUFAULA / Ala. // FEB / 7 [1861] cds, to Arba Sternes, Columbia, SC, UNLISTED Confederate Use of U.S. Postage, 3-page letter to “My Dear Precious One” from Julia Lowman with usual endearments and, “sorry to hear that you had been kept out all night patrolling the streets,” a bit of poetry, and, “George (her son) tells me that our Rifle Company have received orders and will start on Saturday for Pensacola. From what I understand of Gen. Scotts movements at Washington, we may be certain of war.” SOLD as part of the Sternes correspondence. Kept on the website to tell the story.