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Item# 19860
Price: $1,000
LITTLE ROCK / ARK double-circle datestamp with matching handstamped (due) "10" on ADVERSITY COVER MADE FROM AN ARKANSAS CONSCRIPT EXEMPTION FORM to Dr. J. S. Milling, Collingsburg Bossier Paris(h) La. ORIGINAL 1863 LETTER datelined "Camp near Pine Bluff Ark." (letter-page 1) (letter-page 2) from a member of the 13th Texas Cavalry with plea to his brother (in the Louisiana 1st Regulars Infantry, Company B) to find a substitute from Texas for $2,000, full typed letter transcript accompanies, soldier's endorsement “D(avid)Y. Milling, Co. L, 13th Texas Cavalry,” Very Fine and extremely scarce – a fitting adversity cover matching the content of the letter. $1,000.