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Item# 20257
Price: $1,250
CSA 5, 10¢ rose, nice 4-margin copy tied by beautiful strike of RICHMOND / Va. // JUL / 1 / 1862 circular datestamp of the FIRST DAY OF UNIVERSAL 10¢ RATE on cover to Miss Mary S. Todd, Laurens C.H., State of So.Ca., endorsed at top Private J.F. Denton, Chat. Georgia, on verso in Denton’s hand is written Rev Jas Young, Pontotoc, Miss, Saml. R. Young, Laurens C.H., S. Carolina; slightly reduced at left and light water stain at right, stamp with minor light toning in margins, tiny edge tear at left bottom, ex Fisher, with 2021 PF certificate. $1,250.
J.F. Denton enlisted as a private in Company H, 17th Regiment Louisiana Infantry. Captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863, and paroled there July 10, 1863. Transferred to Company B, 39th Regiment Georgia Infantry April 1, 1864. Admitted to CSA General Hospital at Jackson, Mississippi, November 8, 1864. Returned to duty December 29, 1864. No later record. Not on rolls of Company H, 17th Regiment Louisiana Infantry from October 12, 1861, to February 28, 1863.