Confederate flag-of-truce cover

Hincks · June 30, 1864

This June 28, 1864, letter is from Joseph Hincks to his sister Leda. It was sent through the regular Flag of Truce mail from Charleston to Hilton Head. The letter was then forwarded to Washington D.C., where the very scarce Department of the South marking was applied, and it entered the U.S. mail. The 3-cent 1861 stamp carried the letter to occupied New Orleans.