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Item# 20278
Price: $700
CSA 7, 5¢ blue, 2 singles used with manuscript postmark of “Ruther Glen (Va.) feb 7” on CAPTURED UNION PATRIOTIC showing “Game Cock of Uncle Sam” in red, white and blue with “While I live I’ll crow” at bottom. Addressed to Miss Mary L. McRae Columbia Fluvana (sic) Co. Va. Soldier’s endorsement of - Boots CS Army. Very Showy. $700.
G Boots enlisted as a private on March 6, 1862, Capt. A. E. Bigonon’s Company F, 2nd Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division Louisiana Militia. The 2nd Infantry was also called the Louisiana Zouaves. It was ordered to Virginia where it was assigned to the Department of the Peninsula; in April, 1862, it totaled 782 men. Only 3 officers and 41 men were surrendered in 1865. It enrolled 1,297 men during the war.