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CSA 12a, 10¢ bright blue (small edge faults) tied EUFAULA / Ala. // AUG / 28 [1863] cds on cover to Mrs. Julia K. Sternes, care John C. Thornton, Esq., Fort Valey (sic), Georgia. Enclosed 4-page letter headed August 27th at Eufaula, sent by husband Arba in which he mentions news from SC (his former home) saying, “Fort Sumter is a pile of ruins but Col. Rett (sic) says he will remain there as long as there is a brick for him to stand upon and the Yankees will have to take the ruins at the point of the sword.” SOLD as part of the Sternes correspondence. Kept on the website to tell the story.
