Stampless Covers - Georgia
11264

Item# 11264

Price: $200

CASSVILLE / GA // FEB / 25 [1861] blue cds with matching 5 PAID handstamp, CC type B, on stampless cover to Lieut. W. A. Chunn, 1st Brig 1st Reg Co. I, State Troops, Savannah, Geo. $200.

William Augustus Chunn enlisted in Company I, 1st Regiment, 1st Brigade of the Georgia State Troops on October 5, 1861 and was elected 2nd Lieutenant. He served at Screven Point near Savannah until he mustered out of the State Troops in April of 1862. The same month Chunn enlisted as a private in Company I, 40th Georgia Infantry Regiment. During 1862 he served in Tennessee, Kentucky, and at Cumberland Gap. In December 1862, he participated in the Vicksburg Campaign. Although he was offered command of the company, he refused and instead became commissary Sergeant in which position he remained until the Regiment surrendered at April 26, 1865. Willie was well educated and may have practiced law after the war. The Chunns were a prosperous planter family and owned several slaves.

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