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VERY FINE. A RARE COVER FROM A CONFEDERATE OFFICER AT CAMP VERDE, TEXAS -- THE SITE OF THE FAMOUS CAMEL CORPS -- TO GERMANY, CARRIED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE BETWEEN EAGLE PASS AND PIEDRAS NEGRAS, THEN BY ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET.
During the Civil War, Albert Carl Moye, an immigrant from Kassel, Germany, was a Lieutenant and then Captain of Company B, 3rd Texas Infantry of the Confederate Army. The 3rd Infantry, raised in San Antonio, saw limited involvement in the war, being stationed mostly along the Mexican border. For a biography of Moye and a picture of his home, go to http://kingwilliamassociation.org/joomla/images/newsletters/july08.pdfCamp Verde was surrendered to Confederate forces on March 7, 1861. When captured, the fort was home to eighty camels, which were part of the so-called Camel Corps, which was organized in 1856 as part of the U.S. military strategy in the southwest territory. Some of the camels captured by the Confederates were used to haul cotton to Mexico over the overland route. Each camel carried two bales, one on each side, to Matamoros and returned with a load of salt.
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This cover was carried on the RMSP Clyde, departing Tampico Dec. 31, 1861, arriving St. Thomas Jan. 12, 1862, then by RMSP La Plata, departing St. Thomas Jan. 14, arriving Southampton Jan. 29.
Illustrated in Special Routes (p. 162). (Image)
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VERY FINE. A RARE COVER FROM A CONFEDERATE OFFICER AT CAMP VERDE, TEXAS -- THE SITE OF THE FAMOUS CAMEL CORPS -- TO GERMANY, CARRIED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE TO MATAMOROS, THEN BY ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET.
This cover was carried on the RMSP Thames, departing Havana Mar. 9, 1862, arriving St. Thomas Mar. 16, then by RMSP La Plata, departing St. Thomas Mar. 17, arriving Southampton Mar. 30. (Image)
VERY FINE. A RARE COVER FROM A CONFEDERATE OFFICER AT FORT BROWN, TEXAS TO GERMANY, CARRIED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE TO MATAMOROS, THEN UNDER COVER TO ROTTERDAM WHERE IT RECEIVED THE SHIP-LETTER ENTRY MARKING.
During the Civil War, Albert Carl Moye, an immigrant from Kassel, Germany, was a Lieutenant and then Captain of Company B, 3rd Texas Infantry of the Confederate Army. The 3rd Infantry, raised in San Antonio, saw limited involvement in the war, being stationed mostly along the Mexican border. For a biography of Moye and a picture of his home, go to http://kingwilliamassociation.org/joomla/images/newsletters/july08.pdfWithout markings applied en route, it is impossible to determine how this cover reached Europe. It was received at Rotterdam as a private ship letter ("Zeebrief") and entered the mails to Germany. (Image)
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VERY FINE. A RARE COVER FROM A CONFEDERATE OFFICER AT FORT BROWN, TEXAS, TO GERMANY, CARRIED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND MATAMOROS. EXCEEDINGLY RARE WITH THE CONFEDERATE PROVOST MARSHAL CENSOR MARKING.
During the Civil War, Albert Carl Moye, an immigrant from Kassel, Germany, was a Lieutenant and then Captain of Company B, 3rd Texas Infantry of the Confederate Army. The 3rd Infantry, raised in San Antonio, saw limited involvement in the war, being stationed mostly along the Mexican border. For a biography of Moye and a picture of his home, go to http://kingwilliamassociation.org/joomla/images/newsletters/july08.pdf (Image)
VERY FINE. A RARE COVER FROM A CONFEDERATE OFFICER AT FORT BROWN, TEXAS TO GERMANY, CARRIED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE TO MATAMOROS, THEN VIA HAVANA AND NEW YORK WHERE IT ENTERED THE PRUSSIAN CLOSED MAILS.
During the Civil War, Albert Carl Moye, an immigrant from Kassel, Germany, was a Lieutenant and then Captain of Company B, 3rd Texas Infantry of the Confederate Army. The 3rd Infantry, raised in San Antonio, saw limited involvement in the war, being stationed mostly along the Mexican border. For a biography of Moye and a picture of his home, go to http://kingwilliamassociation.org/joomla/images/newsletters/july08.pdfThis cover was sent by Droege Oetling & Co. to another forwarder in Havana with the intention that it would catch the December 7 regular Royal Mail Steam Packet sailing. It apparently arrived too late for that departure, and rather than hold it for the next monthly sailing on January 7, it was sent to New York for the earliest available packet carrying mail for Europe. It was carried on the HAPAG Hammonia, departing New York Jan. 10, arriving Southampton Jan. 23.
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Illustrated in Special Routes (p. 161). (Image)
VERY FINE. A RARE COVER FROM A CONFEDERATE OFFICER AT FORT BROWN, TEXAS, TO HIS PLACE OF BIRTH IN KASSEL, GERMANY, CARRIED ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE BETWEEN BROWNSVILLE AND MATAMOROS, THEN BY ROYAL MAIL STEAM PACKET AND PRUSSIAN CLOSED MAIL.
During the Civil War, Albert Carl Moye, an immigrant from Kassel, Germany, was a Lieutenant and then Captain of Company B, 3rd Texas Infantry of the Confederate Army. The 3rd Infantry, raised in San Antonio, saw limited involvement in the war, being stationed mostly along the Mexican border. For a biography of Moye and a picture of his home, go to http://kingwilliamassociation.org/joomla/images/newsletters/july08.pdf. This letter mentions looting of farms by soldiers and young men fleeing to Monterrey to avoid the draft.
This cover was carried on the RMSP Conway, departing Tampico Mar. 29, 1863, arriving St. Thomas Apr. 11, then by RMSP La Plata, departing St. Thomas Apr. 29, arriving Southampton May 13. It was postmarked at Manchester, where Droege & Co. had an office, on May 14 and went by Prussian Closed Mail via Ostende and Aachen.
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