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CSA #1 Stone 1 (not
plated) (margin just in at the top) tied by the small double circle Charleston SC CDS 30
NOV 1861. Military
Address to Dr. R. Y. Dwight, Palmetto Gds, Gen Gonzales Siege Strain,
Pocotaligo SC. Receiving docketing at upper left. One side
flap missing, otherwise a very clean appearing cover. Ex-Calhoun.
This cover was the subject of a Confederate
Philatelist
article in the Sep-Oct 1982 issue "An Unusual Charleston Cover" by
Richard Calhoun dealing with the arrival of the first CSA General Issue
stamps at the Charleston post office. This cover at the time was
believed to be the earliest known use of the CSA #1 stamp from
Charleston. That may or may not still be the case. I cannot confirm if
that statement is still true 40 years later. A copy of the original
article is included with the cover.
Richard Yeadon Dwight (1837-1919) initially served in the ranks as a
private and then a lieutenant in Holcombe's
Legion and the 1st
SC Inf
before being appointed Assistant Surgeon in Confederate Service in
1862. Dr. Dwight was an 1856 graduate of the South Carolina Military
Academy (The Citadel) in Charleston and saw extensive service
throughout the war in various positions including medical and as
a line
officer. This cover is dated only about a week after Dr. Dwight first
entered service as a private.
General Ambrosio Jose' Gonzales
(1818-1893) referenced in the address was a Cuban
Revolutionary General
before the war and served
the CSA as a Colonel and the Chief of Artillery for the
Department of
South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. "Siege Train" refers to the
artillery defenses of Charleston Harbor. |
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