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Item# 8853
Price: $400
CSA #7, 5¢ blue pair tied neat OXFORD / N.C. / APR / 11 cds on neat cover addressed to “Maj. T. Brown Venable, Care of Gen. Whiting, Wilmington, N.C.” Military records of Thomas Brown Venable and Maj. Gen. William Henry Chase Whiting included. Whiting was a West Point graduate (first in his class of 41) from Mississippi with an illustrious career that tragically ended when wounded and captured at Fort Fisher, N.C. from whence he was carried to Governor’s Island, NY where he died a prisoner March 10, 1865. He was revered by troops and higher-ups alike. $400.