Lot
2337 
Confederacy, (Military Addresses) Capt. John S. Richardson, Care of Col. Kershaw, 2d Palmetto Regiment S.C.V., Manassas Junction Va., address on blue cover bearing 5¢ green (1) horizontal pair, margins to in at bottom, each stamp cancelled by grid cancel, matching "Sumter S.C., Nov 13, 1861" cds; some edge wear and small nick, F.-V.F. Estimate $300 - 400.
Joseph Brevard Kershaw served one year in the Mexican American War as a Lieut. of the Palmetto Regiment. Following secession, he entered the Civil War as Colonel of the 2nd South Carolina, present on Morris Island during the bombardment of Fort Sumter and at First Manassas. He was promoted to Brigadier General on Feb. 13, 1862 and Major General on May 18, 1864. Kershaw played a gallant and distinguished part in all operations of the 1st Corps from Manassas to Appomattox.
Realized: $260