- AND TIMES NAVAL BATTLE BETWEEN THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMACK MAR. 9, 1862. TIlE SIOUX WAn 1862 nnu 186S. REEDS LANDING MIN SEP 16 - No year date .. Jc ,r:;. 1/ , I. , . . , 1'/ /'. ('. oJ 1 (' THE NAVAL BATTLE THAT ";D .I.HE NAVIES OF THE WORLD. SAIN PETER MIN JON 12. No year da te.
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NAVAL BATTLE BETWEEN THE MONITORAND THE MERRIMACK MAR. 9, 1862.
TIlE SIOUX WAn
1862 nnu 186S.
REEDS LANDINGMIN SEP 16 - Noyear date ..
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THE NAVAL BATTLE THAT ("P~~' ";D .I.HE NAVIES OF THE WORLD.
SAIN PETERMIN JON 12.No year date.
HIS LIFE AND TIMES
PATRIOTIC COVERS
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GARDEN CITY, MINN .P.O. establishedAugust 3,1857 inBlue Earth Co. Noterri torial postmarks known. Coverpostmarked GARDENCITY MINN. DEC 241862.
Cover shown above pays the 15 cent rate to Germany. Cover below bears a colorlessembossing on the back naP. which reads MHon. Stephen A. Douglass of III/ForPresident/linn. II.V. John!KJn of Gco./For V. Pre~.M It i.<I a late use of the MinnesotaTerritorial po..'itmark from POINT DOUGLASS, which was named (or Stephen ADouglass, Lincoln's opponent in 1860.
TJIE TRA.!lJS-MISSISSIPPI EXPRESS MAIL With the fall ofNew Orleans and Vicksburg the control of the Mississippi Riverpassed into the hands of the Union forces and split the Confederacyin two. In order to maintain the mail service between the east andthe west a special express mail route was established to run theUnion blockade of the river.
The rate for this special service was 40¢ per lh oz. Covers canbe identified by this rate and the fact that they are either westbound or eastbound across the Mississippi River. Eastbound areendorsed Mvia Shreveport or Alexandria" and the westbound "viaBrandon or Meridian," Some also include the directive "via Express."Cover showr. is eastbound from Sherman, Texas, Jan. 18 (1864or 1865).
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THE EXPRESSES
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On June 1, 1861, the Federal government suspended all communications with the south and lell it up to the express companies tocarry the mails between the lines until late in August when allservice was ban ned,
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WESTERN COLLEGE, IOWA 1864. Post Office was establishedFebruary 16,1858 and discontinued July 31,1906.The twocovers shown 'Were used in1864.Cover above bears thepatriotic corner card of Western College, Linn Co. Iowa.Cover below contains letter in which the writer statesthat her brother has "enlisted" and that all but 14 gentlemen remain at the college - "The boys are encamped atDavenport" .
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1861-1865
AUTOGRAPH OF MAJOR GENERAL 8. F. BUTLER.
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TALENT WAS IN ADMINISTRATION, WAS AN IMPORTANT POLITICAL FIGURE OF THE TIMES.
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COVER WITH FREE FRANK OF WILLIAM H. SEWARD, ~£::qETARY OF STATE FROM ST.
with the blockade of southern ports by the U.S.Navy,it becamenecessary for the Confederates to run the blockades. The RANGERwas a blockade-runner which sailed from Bermuda on Jan. 6,1864to run the blockade at Wilmington, North Carolina.The passengersand mail were landed below Wilmington.In attempting to run intoWilmington she was run ashore by a Federal blockader. The RANGERwas burned,to avoid capture/on Jan.llth. The cover above wasrated as a SHIP letter - lO¢ regular postage and 2¢ ship fee for a total of l2¢ COLLECT on delivery.
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JEFF DAVIS ON PROPOGANDA COVER OF 1862
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WAR DEPARTMENT Letter and cover,bearing the FREE FRANK of ofCharles A. Dana, Lincoln'sAssistent Secretary of War,underdate of October 21,1864. Danawrites "I saw the President twoor three days since. and havetried in vain to go and see you.Mr.Lincoln is perfectly disposedbut says: 'See Seward' (WilliamH.Seward. secretary of state).I fear lam not the best personto do the business with thePreillier; but if you desire, Iwill try. His son has charge ofall consular appointments,but,of course, makes none of momentwithout the Secretary's directions.
Yom"s faithfully C.A.Dana."Dana has often been calledLincoln's eyes and ears of theCivil War.
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CONFEDERATE PRISON, MADISON, GEORGlA.
MADISON, GEORGIA JUU' 1st 1862. Letter written by Captain W.W.Warner while a prisoner ofwar. This is only the second recorded letter fromthis prison. In the letter Warner describes it: "j send this byLieut. McOullockone of our officers parolled ro go to our lines ... we had been quartered atAtlanta one week & here nearly two weeks -our present prison is the thirdstory of a factory which has been arranged as a military prison - it issurrounded by a close fence some twelve feet high - a very secure placeclosly guarded. We have the range of the yard but are not permitted ro goout ... "
The letter was placed in the mails at NASHVILLE, TEN. Jul 25, 1862and forwardec.. DUE 3. The three cent stamp was apparently placed on bythe Clermont, Iowa postmaster as a postage due stamp would be used.
Captain William W. Warner was interned in "God's Acre" cemetery atClermont, Iowa. His headstone reads: ~Died at Memphis, Tennessee, Dec. 13,1863."