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(CONFEDERATE DISCHARGE)

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(CONFEDERATE  DISCHARGE)
"A rare partly-printed war-date Confederate discharge, 1p. oblong 8vo., Columbus, Miss., March 6, 1863 issued to Pvt. John C. Cox of the 3rd Miss. Battalion: ""...In consequence of having furnished a substitute..."". Interesting Cox lists his occupation as a planter and included in the lot is a receipt: ""Columbus, Miss., September 9, 1863, Received of John C. Cox three hundred and eighty dollars in full payment for my services as substitute in the militia up to the twentieth of August 1863. William Edwards"". Fold separation, heavy toning at bottom, overall good." 2418 A rare partly-printed war-date Confederate discharge, 1p. oblong 8vo., Columbus, Miss., March 6, 1863 issued to Pvt. John C. Cox of the 3rd Miss. Battalion: ""...In consequence of having furnished a substitute..."". Interesting Cox lists his occupation as a planter and included in the lot is a receipt: ""Columbus, Miss., September 9, 1863, Received of John C. Cox three hundred and eighty dollars in full payment for my services as substitute in the militia up to the twentieth of August 1863. William Edwards"". Fold separation, heavy toning at bottom, overall good.