Lot
2085 
Confederacy, "Jeffn Davis, Sec. of War", free frank on folded letter sheet A.C. Wood, U.S. Army at Baltimore Md., "Washington D.C. 'Free' May 24" cds, top edge tear; accompanied by multicolor handpainted Magnus song sheet "Oh Jeff! Oh Jeff! Where are you know?"; F.-V.F. Estimate $200 - 300.
Jefferson Finis Davis (1808 - 1889) was an American statesman and leader of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and fought in the Mexican-American War as the colonel of a volunteer regiment. He served as the United States Secretary of War under Democratic President Franklin Pierce (1853-1858), and served as a Democratic U.S. Senator from Mississippi.
Realized: $350