Confederate flag-of-truce cover

October 2, 1864

This envelope is from one of the Hincks brothers to his sister Lucile. The October 2, 1864, letter was sent out to Hilton Head by flag of truce where it was then put aboard a U.S. naval ship bound for New York, where upon it entered the U.S. mail. The 1861 3-cent stamp carried it to occupied New Orleans.