LITTLE ROCK / ARK double circle datestamp with matching “Due (ms.)” and handstamped “10”(CSA Catalog Type E with CV of $400) on outer folded lettersheet made of lined paper with original letter headed “Lafayette Co Arkansas the 7th August 1862” from James O. Odom to his wife Jemima Odom, Beeville, Bee Co, Texas. The short of the letter is that he found God after joining the service – the old truism that there are no atheists in foxholes. Ex Wyche and Clippert. $400.

James O. Odom was “a private in Capt. Y. R. Bonners Ochiltree’s Regt. Co. C.” 18th Texas Infantry, Trans-Mississippi Department. More information on the linked page. Click for letter, page 1  Click for letter, page 2