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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577

Sale 1291, Lot 577, Civil War Military Mails: Union Military and Govt. Figures

William Tecumseh Sherman. Union general, Commanding General U.S. Army, "W. T. Sherman General" signature at top of "Headquarters Army of the United States Official Business" imprint cover to General John Gibbon, Commanding Camp Douglas, Utah Territory, "Washington D.C. Free Feb. 10" circular datestamp, opened roughly at top with couple tears and piece out, the signature is Very Fine, Gibbon was also a Union general, several of his family members (three brothers, two brothers-in-law, and his cousin J. Johnston Pettigrew) served in the Confederate military

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E. 300-400

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