5c Stamps Confederate States Letter Captain 49th Regiment Conf. Army Virginia

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UPDATE Apr 29 2021:
I received the following information on the person
this letter is written to(Thanks Jake):
Captain John G. Lobban, Co. F (originally Co. K) 49th
Virginia Volunteer Infantry, 4th Brigade General Jubal
Early's Division was captured at Cedar Creek on
October 19th, 1864. He was released from Fort Delaware
prison on June 10, 1865. The company came from
Nelson County, VA. The company was at Yorktown from
March- April, 1862.
Below is the original listing:
This is a fabulous antique
. A envelope addressed
to a Captain in the Confederate Army, 49th Regiment,
4 Brigade.
I can't make out the Division name, possibly General
Early's Division. The
cursive
writing is very stylish
and very difficult to
make out.
The hand stamped cancellation on the stamps
looks like Apr 10, but no year.
Possibly Hamilton's Crossing on the
next to the
last line. On the bottom the State of
Virginia. There
is a Hamilton's Crossing listed in Fredericksburg,
Virginia.
Hamilton’s Crossing was a critical supply base for
Confederate troops camped near Fredericksburg
during the winter of 1862-63. Prior to the Civil War,
Hamilton’s Crossing
had been merely a flag-stop
on the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac
Railroad line.
The 49th Infantry Regiment completed its
organization in July, 1861. Its members were from
the counties of Prince William, Warren, Fauquier,
Rappahannock, Amherst, and Shenandoah.
Three companies fought at First Manassas and
these companies formed the nucleus of the
regiment. It was assigned to General Featherston's,
Early's, W. Smith's, Pegram's, and J.A. Walker's
Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia.
On April 9, 1865, it surrendered with 9 officers and
46 men. The field officers were Colonels John C.
Gibson and William Smith, Lieutenant Colonels
Charles B. Christian and Edward Murray, and
Major Caleb Smith.
This is one of many stamps I collected back
when I was knee high to a grasshopper. Stamps
are in Mint condition, never used. I bought them
from my local post office along with those
given to me by my father who also collected
them.