VA3172

CSA #7 Horz Pair (margin just touches at lower left) tied by a partial strike of the New Market, Va CDS (date not apparent). Addressed to Surgeon J. W. Tracey (name is mispelled in the address as should be “Tracy”), Hospital No 7, Raleigh NC.Very clean orange paper cover with a small sealed edge tear at the upper left and sealed back flap opening tears. The addressee was Dr. James Wright Tracy (1819-1896), a very prominent North Carolina physician and a signer of the North Carolina Ordinance of Secession, was at the time of this cover the surgeon at the Fair Ground Hospital in Raleigh (Hospital #7) which was a military hospital for North Carolina soldiers. Cover must date after April 1864 as that was when Dr. Tracy was transferred to Raleigh. Dr. Tracy started the war as the Asst Surgeon for the 37th NC Inf and was later the Surgeon of the 14th NC Inf. Period notation at upper left “Shaffner” probably refers to the sender as the records list a John Francis Shaffner (1838-1908), another very prominent North Carolina physician, as an Asst Surgeon and Surgeon in the Confederate Army who served in various NC regiments. In mid 1864, Dr. Shaffner was the Surgeon of the 4th NC Inf which was assigned to the Valley District in the area of New Market, Va which fits a mid 1864 date for this cover. Dr. James Wright Tracy was featured in an article in the March 2009 issue of the ASD&C magazine by Patricia A. Kaufmann in which this cover was used as an illustration.

$275.00

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