Stampless Covers - Texas
17803

Item# 17803

Price: $425

SHELBYVILLE / TEXAS. // OCT 1 cds with inverted month and manuscript “29” date written over “1,” manuscript “Due 10” on neat soldier’s cover to Miss Celestia H. Perry, Jonesville, Harrison County, Texas. Only recorded with manuscript rates. Soldier’s endorsement “From W. W. Perry, Lane’s Regt.” at top, slightly reduced at top and right. $425.

William Wiley Perry (1832-1891) served in W. P. Lane Rangers were organized April 27, 1861, also known as the First Texas Partisan Rangers. When completed, Lane's First Partisan Rangers numbered fourteen companies instead of the ten-company structure of most regiments raised during that period. But none of the companies included a full complement of 100 men and officers. Most of the East Texas units contained fifty to sixty recruits. Lane's regiment never totaled more than 600 men. In November 1862 the regiment left for Arkansas where they saw their first action at Prairie Grove.

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