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Item# 17363

RICHMOND / VA. // APR / 1863 cds with matching DUE 10 with soldier’s endorsement “J.R. Black, Co. K, 38th Regt., N.C. Troops to his brother, Duncan Black, Montrose, N.C.  $125.

John R. Black (1838-1863) enlisted 2-15-62 as a private at age 23 in the “Carolina Boys” company, Army of Northern Virginia. He was killed 5-3-63 at Chancellorsville, Va. Duncan Black (1845-1862), brother to John, was in the same company, having enlisted 5-3-62 He was wounded in the knee at Gettysburg, July 1-5,1863, hospitalized at David’s Island, New York Harbor and died of his wounds 7-19-63. Both brothers were born in Scotland. 

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Price: $125