| SC1260 |
CSA #12c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) tied by the large single rim Charleston SC CDS
25 OCT 186-. Blue paper cover addressed to Mrs. Duncan G. Campbell,
Edge Hill PO, King George County, Virginia. Very Fine Ex-Kaufmann.
Lieut
(later Capt in 1864) Duncan Green Campbell (1835-1889), the sender of
this cover to his wife, was an engineering officer on the staff of
several generals during the war including Smith, Kershaw, McLaws, and
Beauregard. Capt Campbell's father, John Archibald Campbell (1811-1899),
was an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court 1853-1861 and
Confederate Assistant Secretary of War (1862-1865). After the war, he
practiced law in New Orleans with his father prior to relocating to a
farm in Maryland in 1880. |
$100.00 |