#U576 FDC CONFEDERATE GENERAL NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST BATTLE DAYS GAP MASONIC

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BATTLE OF DAY’S GAP
April 30, 1863
Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest
overtook larger force of Union Colonel Abel D. Streight.
Day’s Gap was the first battle in a series of skirmishes held in Cullman County, Alabama.
The first took place on April 30, 1863, and the skirmishes known as Streight’s Raid
lasted until May 2, 1863.
Streight was the Union leader and Forrest led the Confederates.
The raid began at Day’s Gap on Sand Mountain in Alabama.
General Forrest was a Freemason.
Member of Angerona Lodge No. 168, Memphis, Tennessee.
He was also a member of the Odd Fellows.
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE, FIRST DAY COVER, FDOI
NUMBER 10 SIZE ENV.
POSTMARKED: MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, NOVEMBER 8, 1975
THIS WOULD LOOK BEAUTIFUL FRAMED
CONDITION: SEE PHOTO FOR CONDITION
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THEY ARE EITHER COMMERCIALLY MADE OR LIMITED EDITION ADD-ON CACHETS.
AN ADD-ON CACHET IS:
"A cachet that has been added to a previously uncacheted fdc,
usually years after the FD."
Quoted from The Cachet Identifier of U.S. Cacheted First Day Covers
By Michael Mellone and Barry Newton
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