United States Union and Confederate States Civil War Covers Civil War Covers - Union Lots and Collections
Sale No: 3012
Lot No:1953
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Mostly Civil War Related Postal History, includes about a dozen items, 1862 Ship Island, 1863 'Office of Navy Agent' c/c, Philadelphia to U.S. Gun Boat "Fawn", also some very nice lengthy Civil War letters, last are a few unused Civil War Patriotics, most are Fine or better.rnrnFawn, a stern wheel steamer, was commissioned 11 May 1863. Civil War duties consisted of patrolling the Mississippi, Tennessee, White and Arkansas Rivers, also convoying Union Army transports, ferrying troops across rivers, carrying Army payrolls, and often engaging Confederate batteries, cavalry, and foot soldiers ashore.rn rn rn (Image)