Lot
1260 
Confederacy, (Texas) Velasco Tex. Apr 2, clear strike of cds with matching bold "Due 5" rating handstamp on yellow-green cover to Samuel A. Goodman at Jamestown, Texas, endorsed "W.J. Goodman, Asst Surgeon, Bates Regt"; reduced slightly at right, F.-V.F. C.S.A. Catalog No. C; $500 Estimate $300 - 400.
The 13th Texas Infantry Regiment was organized during the fall of 1861 and included Bates' Texas Infantry Battalion. The unit contained artillery, cavalry, and infantry companies and was reorganized several times. Attached to the Trans-Mississippi Department, it served in Texas guarding the coast between Galveston and Matagorda.
Realized: $150