SC1015

CSA #11 (AD) (4-Margin but close on the right) tied by two strikes of the Admas Run SC CDS with a DEC date. Cover from the well-known Middleton Correpspondence addressed to Mr. William Middleton Care of Middleton & Co., Charleston, S. Carolina. The cover is endorsed with rank  "Henry A. Wise Brig Genl" and marked "Private." The address is entirely in the General's hand. The original short one page letter remains with the cover also entirely in the General's hand and datelined "Adams Run SC Dec 25th 1863" (Christmas Day). Interestingly, the letter is written in the third person thanking Mr. Middleton for a present of a leg of mutton. Writing letters in the third person was often done at this time by people of prominence. Henry A. Wise (1806-1876) was the immediate pre-war governor of Virginia and served ably as a CSA Brig-Gen during the war. At the time of this letter, Gen Wise was serving under Gen Beauregard in the Charleston area. Very Fine cover and letter.

$450.00

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