Lot
1591 
Confederacy, 10-Star and Bars Flag and Cannon, patriotic design in blue with "Stand firmly by your cannon" slogan below, on orange cover with scarce large "Union City, Tennessee" negative circle postmark and matching "Paid 5" rating handstamp to Cotton Grove Tenn., original enclosed letter headed "Camp Brown, Aug. 11" and reads in part "…I would have answered your letter before now but I took the measles a few days after I recd yours while at Humboldt…We are about through with the measles but only 1 of nearly 300 so far we have had only 3 deaths in our Regt yet that is very good I think…we were called out about 12 oclock ordered to be in line in 5 min They kept us about an hour and were sent back to camp with orders to be on our arms well we did not more than get sleep before we were roused again with orders to have our guns loaded and in line double quick time … our line was about as long again as it is on drill … we would have been sent to Missouri had it not been for so many measles…"; some edge faults and large tear, Fine and rare use. C.S.A. Catalog No. CN-1A Estimate $500 - 750.
Realized: $625