3084, 6, MORGANTON GEORGIA TO THE 52ND VOLUNTEER REGIMENT, 65.00

Envelope bearing return an address of Morganton, Georgia, County Seat of nearby Fannin County. It is addressed to Colonel Weir Boyd, commanding 52nd G.V.I.R. at Knoxville, Tennessee. Company G " Alleghany [sic] Rangers" was from Union County. Company E "Towns County Rangers" was from Towns County. Company H "Fannin Rifles" was from Fannin County. Mail from home was normally addressed in care of their Regimental Commnder. Note: Confederate stamps were cancelled by marking through them. Also, ten cents to mail a letter when Army pay for a Private was $11:00 per month. Letters from soldiers were franked for free.