Lot 4390
Confederacy, (Various) Franklin Slaughter & Co., Banking Exchange & Collection Office, Fredericksburg Va., blue embossed cameo corner card on buff cover to Harris Depot N.C., endorsed "Private D.C. Morrison, Co. H 7 Regt, N.C.", entered mails with "Guineys Va. Dec" cds and manuscript "Due 10" rating; reduced slightly at right and some soiling, Very Fine, ex-Thayer.Estimate $300 - 400.
This cover is mostly likely in December 1862 just after the Battle of Fredericksburg. Private Morrison did not survive the war. He was listed as wounded at Gettysburg July 2, 1863 and died a year later presumably from his Gettysburg wound on July 28, 1864.
Realized: $325