RR72

CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by a full bold strike of the dateless Bristol V & T RR (Virginia & Tennessee Railroad) CDS. Light coarse paper cover addressed to Mrs. E. P. Alexander, Washington, Wilke Co., Georgia. Very clean cover with a missing top back flap but an excellent strike of the railroad postmark. The addressee, Betty Jacqueline Mason Alexander (1836-1899), was the wife of CSA Brig-Gen Edward Porter Alexander (1835-1910). Gen Alexander had distinguished service as Chief of Ordnance for the Army of Northern Virginia and was severely wounded at the Siege of Petersburg. After the war, he had an equally distinguished carreer as a College Professor of Engineering. However, the address is not in the General's hand and is either from another relative, a friend, or it could still possibly be from the General with the address written by an aide as there is no enclosure.

$500.00

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