Sale 1291 — United States Postal History

Sale Date — Tuesday-Wednesday, 25-26 July, 2023

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Category — Civil War Military Mails: Union Military and Govt. Figures

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Sale 1291, Lot 569, Civil War Military Mails: Union Military and Govt. FiguresJohn C. Fremont. Explorer, U.S. Senator from California, first Republican nominee for president in 1856, Union General, addressee as Major General (Mountain Department) on Apr. 1, 1862 U.S. Military telegraph from Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, interesting message relating to appointment of Fremont's staff and the statement that a division has been detached from the Army of the Potomac and ordered to Harper's Ferry to reinforce him, also statement that General McClellan says there is a mountain battery somewhere in Fremont's department, small wax stains in corners, Very Fine and historic

E. 200-300
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