1865 Civil War 6th Corps 1st Division Cover with Red Cross and Target (or Snake?) Cancel squiggle Signed (incised) on the base

Signed (incised) on the base

neither quite round

but if you are very sensitive

which could have been a 1 or a 12

A perfect gift for a writer

1865 Civil War 6th Corps 1st Division Cover with Red Cross and Target (or Snake?) Cancel squiggle Signed (incised) on the baseI wouldnt have known to look for this, but I happened upon it and now Im pretty obsessed with it. Visually, I find it a perfect thing, inky red cross outlined in dark blue at one side and target shaped black ink cancellation over the stamp at right, which looks very much like the image of snake to me, tongue extending. This red cross was the logo of the 6th Corps 1st Division of the Union army during the Civil War, and with a bit of research I have