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Item# 19238
Price: $300
CSA 4, 5¢ blue vertical pair (small faults) tied ANSONVILLE / N.C. // OCT / 13 [1862] cds on folded LETTER (page 1) (page 2) to Mrs. R. S. Cunningham, San Cosme, Rusk County, Texas, concerning both news of family men and friends serving and dying in the army and in prisoner. She also asks specifically about pants with thread in the filling and how she wove it in. The letter is signed E.R.S.A. Erwin. Typed transcript accompanies. Ex Kathleen Staples. $300.
Rebecca Susan Swann Cunningham (1819-1866) married William Kendrick Cunningham (1822-1863) in Mecklenburg, N.C. in 1847. They were listed Rusk County, Texas, in the 1860 federal census. Cunningham served in 17th Texas Cavalry per NARA records but only served for one year. According to Find A Grave memorial 98142664 he was murdered - bushwhacked and robbed of both cattle and slaves. His wife died three years later, both in their forties.