Lot
3284 
Confederacy, Pine Bluff, Ark., Jul 19, 1862, cds with matching "Due" and "10" rate handstamps, on folded letter sheet addressed to "Col. P.P. Pitchlynn, Eagletown, Choctaw Nation", with additional from "Lt. J.L. Morgan, Arnold battalion, Chavers Camp" sender's notation below, Very Fine, ex-Dr. Brandon. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
A RARE ARKANSAS MILITARY COVER USAGE TO CHOCTAW NATION, INDIAN TERRITORY.
Peter Perkins Pitchlynn was prominent Choctaw leader and played a major role in building the national tribal government in the nineteenth century. The Civil War forced him to return to his Mountain Fork home and sacrifice his pro-Union sympathies to protect his family and career. A compromise candidate, he was elected chief on October 6, 1864, and signed an armistice on June 19, 1865, at Doaksville. He also assisted with the peace treaty signed with the United States on April 28, 1866.
Realized: $2,100