Confederacy, Southern Express Co., Richmond Va., imprint on orange cover addressed to "J.P. Hawkins, Esq, Danville, Va."; reduced at left, otherwise Very Fine. Estimate  $150 - 200. J. P. Hawkins worked for Southern Express from at least 1862 until May 1865. General orders no. 77 dated October 22, 1862, exempted Southern Express employees from conscription. He worked as an agent on the Virginia Central 's and the Orange & Alexandria railroads and wrote about his wartime work. His diaries are housed in Navarro College's Pearce Civil War Collection. Hawkin's wartime express activity is available from Julie Holcomb's article in the May 2003 issue of "America's Civil War". $0 (Image)