SC999

CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin with an opaline sheen) tied by the small double circle Cheraw SC CDS 1 JUN. Military Address to Cap Louis G. Young, Care of Cap M. McGehee, Milton, No. Ca. The envelope is high quailty blue paper stationery with a "PIRIES SATIN" easily seen watermark. Captain Louis Gourdin Young (1833-1922) served as a staff officer under General Pettigrew beginning in March 1862 and subsequently under Generals Pender, Ewell, Kirkland, and MacRea. He was wounded in action multiple times - Seven Pines, Gaines Mill, Gettysburg (3 times), Wilderness (twice), and Hatcher's Run. After the war he was a cotton exporter in Savannah, Ga. Could find nothing on a Captain M. McGehee, so assume this was a title not associated with the Confederate Army. Cover most likely from June 1864 after Captain Young's Wilderness wound, and he was possibly staying with a relative or friend during recovery. Minor backflap opening tears, otherwise a Very Fine cover.

$200.00

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