Items for Sale - CSA 10, 10¢ Blue Intaglio "Frame Line" on Cover
16451

Item# 16451

Price: $4,250

Letter - page 1  and Letter - page 2

CSA 10, 10¢ blue Frame Line with two complete frame lines, margins full on other two sides, tied by RICHMOND / VA. // MAR / 9 / 1863 cds on homemade cover to M. H. Cruikshank, Talladega Ala.; original contents contain the last written words of Captain William T Renfro, mortally wounded at Chancellorsville—the letter then completed by a fellow soldier, the dying captain writing "In the battle of Saturday and Sunday the following men were wounded of my Co...I am mortally wounded in abdomen and arm.", the letter was then addended (likely by a chaplain) with "These are the last words of W.T. Renfro (I am in the field taking care of wounded soldiers)...He died like a true soldier. He had some attendant warm friends with him to take care of him and he seemed to glory in the society of his fellow soldiers. I sympathize with his friends and relatives in this and our country's loss..." Very Fine POIGNANT CIVIL WAR LETTER AND COVER, MADE EVEN MORE DESIRABLE BY THE FRAME LINE USE. Accompanied by an article by Brian and Maria Green on the letter. Ex Weatherly, Telep and Green (copy of 1992 NSTCW article on this by Greens accompanies). $4,250.

William Thomas Renfro was a captain in Company B, Alabama 5th Infantry and on the CSA Roll of Honor for the Battle of Chancellorsville. He was first wounded at Gaines Mills, Virginia, 27 June 1862. He was mortally wounded as he led a successful charge upon the federal breastworks at Chancellorsville on 3 May 1863, but paid for it with is life. He had received a promotion to caption of Company B, a scant week after promotion from lieutenant. According to military records, he died at the hospital in Santee, Virginia, five days after being wounded, although George S. P* signs it Richmond, Virginia.

Marcus H. Cruikshank (1826-1881) was an attorney and editor of the Watchtower and Reporter weekly newspapers, as well as a member of the Confederate Congress. He was apparently a close friend of Renfro’s.

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