RICHMOND Va. FEB 25 1862, (type 5g) CDS with matching DUE 10 (type P) on soldier’s cover to Mrs. Susan J. Robertson Mossingford PO Charlotte County Va with endorsement of R.E. Robertson Co. C 23rd Va Regt. Light stain at lower left. Ex Harry Muldrow. $80.

Reynard E. Robertson was a 30-year-old farmer when he enlisted as a private in Company C, 23rd Virginia infantry, March 15, 1862. He was hospitalized at various times for illness and is listed as captured at Cedar Creek, Va., December 19, 1864. He was hospitalized in Baltimore for a time and then transferred to Point Lookout and subsequently exchanged. At the time of this cover, Private Robertson was detailed as a nurse at Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond. Military records included with the lot.