Civil War cover with Sept. 1, 1862 dated POTTSVILLE, PA double circle postmark and pair of #65 3c rose with circle grid cancels, addressed to Miss Emma St. C. Nichols, care of Col. Wm. A. Nichols, U.S.A., at Elizabeth, NJ.
WILLIAM AUGUSTUS NICHOLS SR., (1818-1869), an 1838 West Point grad, served in the Adjutant General's Dept. during the Civil War. He was breveted Brigadier General on Sept. 24, 1865, and Brvt. Major Gen., Mar. 13, 1865; After the War, he served as Chief of Staff to Lt. General William Tecumseh Sherman, 1866-1869, and as Chief of Staff to Lt. Gen. Phil Sheridan from March 4, 1869 until his death the next month, on Apr. 8th, at St. Louis, at age 51.
Creases at left and right edges. Fine.
COMBINEDD SHIPPING FOR MULTIPLE ITEMS.