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Lot 7008
#65, 3c Rose, on 1863 Civil War Cover, Banks Expedition, to Lt. Samuel F. Edwards, 52nd Massachusetts Vols., Baton Rouge Louisiana
Banks Expedition, Lousiana
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Mise à prix: $150
Sold For $190
Black NORTH BRIDGEWATER MS. JAN 5 circular datestamp, addressed to Lt. Samuel F. Edwards, Co. D, 52nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, at Banks Expedition, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The cover is reduced at right and shows period docketing on the reverse, “Received Jan. 18th.”
This cover traveled with the Union forces under Major General Nathaniel P. Banks during the early phase of the Banks Expedition, organized in late 1862 to support General Grant’s operations along the Mississippi River. Edwards later recalled that the expedition reached Baton Rouge in early January 1863, where the troops trained before participating in operations intended to divert Confederate forces from reinforcing Vicksburg, including reconnaissance toward Port Hudson
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