Sternes Correspondence
11258

Item# 11258

Price: $SOLD

Letter, page 1

CSA 12a, 10¢ bright blue (small edge faults) tied EUFAULA / Ala. // AUG / 28 [1863] cds on cover to Mrs. Julia K. Sternes, care John C. Thornton, Esq., Fort Valey (sic), Georgia. Enclosed 4-page letter headed August 27th at Eufaula, sent by husband Arba in which he mentions news from SC (his former home) saying, “Fort Sumter is a pile of ruins but Col. Rett (sic) says he will remain there as long as there is a brick for him to stand upon and the Yankees will have to take the ruins at the point of the sword.” $225.

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