SC1167

Stampless Due 5 cover with the "Hardeeville (SC) Feb 6 (1862) Due 5" manuscript postal markings. Early CSA Hardeeville covers are in manuscript. The Hardeeville postmark did not come into use until later in 1862. Addressed to Judge Iverson L. Harris, Milledgeville, Georgia. Endorsed across the top "I. L. Harris Jr Assist Surgeon Phillips Legion." Very Fine. Notations on the back by Van Dyke MacBride. Ex-Matz and Hambrecht, Ex-Kaufmann. Iverson Louis Harris Jr (1835-1893) was an MD graduate from the Philadelphia Medical College in 1859. He initially enlisted as a Sergt in Co A  Ga Phillips Legion Cavalry in August 1861 and was officially appointed Assistant Surgeon in the same unit in April 1862. Apparently he was aready acting as the Assistant Surgeon at the time of the cover in February 1862. He was appointed Surgeon of the 59th Ga Inf in June 1862 and served as a Surgeon throughout the war. A detailed listing of his war service accompanies the cover. After the war, he ractived medicine in Milledgeville, Georgia. Iverson Louis Harris Sr (1805-1876) was a justice of the Georgia Superior Court (1859-1865) and a justice of the Georgia Supreme Court (1865-1876). At the time of the Civil War, Milledgeville was the capital city of Georgia.

$300.00

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