Antique Confederate Soldier Cover, CSA 1864, Civil War Petersburg
Antique Stampless Confederate soldier cover by ?? Dowd, Co. D, Regt. 41 NCV (Company D, 41st Regiment North Carolina Volunteers), sent to Mrs. ?? Dowd ?? NC; the cover is canceled in Petersburg, Virginia, August (1864), due 10 cents. According to the CSA postal regulations, soldier's mail had to be paid by the receiver. Dowd is not listed among 41st/3rd NC regiment officers-- he was probably a private.
The cover is 4.3/4" x 2.3/4"; the inscription on the cover is heavily faded-- a few photos were darkened to make the inscription more readable.
The 41st NC Regiment was a regiment of cavalry; in the official enrollment it was thus denominated, but it was commonly styled and known as the 3rd Cavalry. For a great portion of its history, it was scattered over an extended field of operations and served as detached companies of cavalry. The regiment was organized at Kinston, North Carolina, during the fall of 1862. Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. Moore's Roster gives 1,158 men in the ranks of the regiment, but as the deficiency of that enrollment are well known, it is probable that the number was not less than 1,200, if not indeed considerably more.
COMPANY D - "Highland Rangers" - many men from Harnett County, had four commissioned, eight non-commissioned officers, and 90 privates; total, 102. Alexander Murchison, Captain, was commissioned on March 5, 1862, succeeded by Thomas J. Brooks on April 20, 1863; 1st Lieutenants, Thomas J. Brooks, Gustavus W. Beaman, John K. Ray; 2nd and 3rd Lieutenants, James M. McNeill, John K. Ray, James M. White, and William M. McNeill.
On July 18th, 1863 the regiment was made a part of the division of Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom, Jr. (NC). On July 20th, Maj. Gen. William H.C. Whiting asked for it from General Samuel Cooper, saying, "I need very much an additional force of cavalry, can I not have Baker's regiment from Petersburg?" On July 22nd, he applied for it again to go to Brig. Gen. James G. Martin (NC) at Kinston to stop raids of the enemy, but the Union forces having appeared at Murfreesboro, the regiment was ordered on July 27th to the Blackwater River to check an advance toward Weldon, NC.
In August 1863 it was encamped at Ivor, a station on the railroad then called Norfolk & Petersburg, now a portion of the Norfolk & Western line.
In November the 41st NC Regiment (3rd Cavalry) was camped near Weldon, but by the end of the year it was on the ground where it was organized, reporting, on December 31st, 31 officers and 554 men present for duty, although the rolls have 971 names.
During the month of August 1864 the re-organization of the Field Officers took place, as heretofore referred to, and Maj. Roger Moore (promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on August 10, 1864) was left in command. The regiment was now in the brigade of Brig. Gen. Rufus C. Barringer (NC), where it remained for the rest of the war. It was in the division of Maj. Gen. William H. F. Lee (VA), under command of Maj. Gen. (soon Lt. Gen.) Wade Hampton (SC), commanding the Corps of cavalry.
The 41st NCV participated in "the brilliant attack on the enemy at Reams' Station” [the vicinity of Petersburg, VA], on August 25, 1864. "I have frequently been called upon to mention the services of North Carolina soldiers in this army, but their gallantry and conduct were never more deserving of admiration than in the engagement at Reams Station on the 25th instant." [Gen. Robert E. Lee]
The last winter of the war, the regiment was to endure the most extreme hardships of a soldier's life in cold, fatigue, hunger, pain, and anxiety. As the lines drew closer and forage became scarcer, the horses perished and the few must do the work of many. The middle of November found the 41st NC Regiment (3rd Cavalry) in Brig. Gen. Rufus C. Barringer's (NC) Brigade, encamped near Gladcross' Mill, four miles southwest of Petersburg, on the Boydton Road. Constant encounters took place on a small scale, and on December 9th, in an action near Belfield, in what was later known as the Stony Creek Raid.
The 41st / 3rd NCV was dismantled after the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia (April 9, 1865).
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US: 1st Class (c.4-10 days) ------------ $14.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) ----- $32.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ------ $44.50
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Antique Stampless Confederate soldier cover by ?? Dowd, Co. D, Regt. 41 NCV (Company D, 41st Regiment North Carolina Volunteers), sent to Mrs. ?? Dowd ?? NC; the cover is canceled in Petersburg, Virginia, August (1864), due 10 cents. According to the CSA postal regulations, soldier's mail had to be paid by the receiver. Dowd is not listed among 41st/3rd NC regiment officers-- he was probably a private.
The cover is 4.3/4" x 2.3/4"; the inscription on the cover is heavily faded-- a few photos were darkened to make the inscription more readable.
The 41st NC Regiment was a regiment of cavalry; in the official enrollment it was thus denominated, but it was commonly styled and known as the 3rd Cavalry. For a great portion of its history, it was scattered over an extended field of operations and served as detached companies of cavalry. The regiment was organized at Kinston, North Carolina, during the fall of 1862. Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. Moore's Roster gives 1,158 men in the ranks of the regiment, but as the deficiency of that enrollment are well known, it is probable that the number was not less than 1,200, if not indeed considerably more.
COMPANY D - "Highland Rangers" - many men from Harnett County, had four commissioned, eight non-commissioned officers, and 90 privates; total, 102. Alexander Murchison, Captain, was commissioned on March 5, 1862, succeeded by Thomas J. Brooks on April 20, 1863; 1st Lieutenants, Thomas J. Brooks, Gustavus W. Beaman, John K. Ray; 2nd and 3rd Lieutenants, James M. McNeill, John K. Ray, James M. White, and William M. McNeill.
On July 18th, 1863 the regiment was made a part of the division of Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom, Jr. (NC). On July 20th, Maj. Gen. William H.C. Whiting asked for it from General Samuel Cooper, saying, "I need very much an additional force of cavalry, can I not have Baker's regiment from Petersburg?" On July 22nd, he applied for it again to go to Brig. Gen. James G. Martin (NC) at Kinston to stop raids of the enemy, but the Union forces having appeared at Murfreesboro, the regiment was ordered on July 27th to the Blackwater River to check an advance toward Weldon, NC.
In August 1863 it was encamped at Ivor, a station on the railroad then called Norfolk & Petersburg, now a portion of the Norfolk & Western line.
In November the 41st NC Regiment (3rd Cavalry) was camped near Weldon, but by the end of the year it was on the ground where it was organized, reporting, on December 31st, 31 officers and 554 men present for duty, although the rolls have 971 names.
During the month of August 1864 the re-organization of the Field Officers took place, as heretofore referred to, and Maj. Roger Moore (promoted to Lieutenant Colonel on August 10, 1864) was left in command. The regiment was now in the brigade of Brig. Gen. Rufus C. Barringer (NC), where it remained for the rest of the war. It was in the division of Maj. Gen. William H. F. Lee (VA), under command of Maj. Gen. (soon Lt. Gen.) Wade Hampton (SC), commanding the Corps of cavalry.
The 41st NCV participated in "the brilliant attack on the enemy at Reams' Station” [the vicinity of Petersburg, VA], on August 25, 1864. "I have frequently been called upon to mention the services of North Carolina soldiers in this army, but their gallantry and conduct were never more deserving of admiration than in the engagement at Reams Station on the 25th instant." [Gen. Robert E. Lee]
The last winter of the war, the regiment was to endure the most extreme hardships of a soldier's life in cold, fatigue, hunger, pain, and anxiety. As the lines drew closer and forage became scarcer, the horses perished and the few must do the work of many. The middle of November found the 41st NC Regiment (3rd Cavalry) in Brig. Gen. Rufus C. Barringer's (NC) Brigade, encamped near Gladcross' Mill, four miles southwest of Petersburg, on the Boydton Road. Constant encounters took place on a small scale, and on December 9th, in an action near Belfield, in what was later known as the Stony Creek Raid.
The 41st / 3rd NCV was dismantled after the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia (April 9, 1865).
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US: 1st Class (c.4-10 days) ------------ $14.50
Canada: Priority (c.2-6 weeks) ----- $32.50
World: Priority (c.2-8 weeks) ------ $44.50
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