Lot
4353 
Confederacy, 12-Star and Bars C.S.A. Flag, red white and blue waving flap design with "Under this flag and Davis' command" slogan on cover to Hendersonville N.C., cancelled by indistinct "Charleston S.C. Nov" cds and matching "Paid 5" rating handstamp, original matching 12-Star and Bars C.S.A. Flag patriotic lettersheet datelined "Camp Ripley, Coosawatchie Station, November the 12th 1862"; some soiling and edge wear, light letter staining, Very Fine. C.S.A. Catalog No. F12-4. Estimate $1,500 - 2,000.
Excellent war content, "…the yankees atacted our men at fort Royal and they had to give way to the hellfierd yankess our men fought bravely until they were ordered to retreat our loss was supposed to be 30 and we do not know whether we killed any of them or not, the yankees has posesion of Beaufort town in this Dist. If you was here you would think it was a deserted Country the citizens has all left the town and vicinity. we are campt in twenty miles of yankees waiting for them to land. the battle was fought the 7, one day before we got here. they had thirty-six vessels engaged in the fight it was sand battries that our men had but the yankees shot them all to pieces directly our men bursted. the best cannon they had there it was a thirty two pounder fifled canon they bursted it a trying to shoot in to the iron clad steamers but they failed to do it. it is supposed that there was 25 or 30 thousand of the yankees. I heard that our men had taken fort Hatteras back again with 600 prisoners our force about here is said to be about 20 000 if yankees ever undertake to invade this we will try to stop them. Gen. Lee is here from Virginia. there is a South Carolina Redgt campt here close to us and two artilery companys. I epxect we will fight here before many days if we do fight it will be the Manasas of S.C. because we dont intend that they shall ever conqer Dixie until they kill the last one of us…".
Realized: $6,250