HB26

CSA #7 Pair (4-Margin) tied by the small double circle BLUE Chester CH SC CDS 9 FEB (1863).  Addressed to Mrs Henry S. Fraser Care of James H. Ladson Esqr, Aiken, So. Ca.  Minor reduction at the left where opened not affecting anything, otherwise Very Fine. The addressee, Jane Eliza Ladson Fraser (1831-1882), was the wife of Dr Henry DeSaussure Fraser (1828-1895). Dr. Fraser of Charleston SC, a graduate of the South Carolina Medical College in 1851, entered Confederate service as an Assistant Surgeon in 1861. For much of the war he served as Surgeon in Charge of the Third Army Corps ANV field hospital and was on the staff of Gen A. P. Hill. Surgeon Fraser was captured at Gettysburg and held as a POW until released five months later. After the war, he returned to his practice in Charleston. The cover is unlikely from Surgeon Fraser because of the handwriting but is most likely from a friend or relative of Mrs. Fraser.

$175.00

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