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CSA #11 (AD)
CSA #7 Horz Pair
(4-Margin but the margins are close and the stamps show a very coarse
printing) tied by the BLUE Lynchburg, Va CDS 17 APR (1863). Addressed to
Eugene Davis Esq., Charlottesville, Virginia. Period receiving
docketing at the right "W. B. Blackford" indicating the name
of
the sender. Most of top back flap missing, and edge wear at
the
top. Still a clean and presentable cover.
What is interesting is
that there is a lengthy period notation on the outside front
of
the cover which is period and was written on the envelope prior to
posting as the ink of the postmark and the ink of the address are on
top of the message. Not sure what this refers to but it is most
interesting. I can only read the last few lines "..that the army is in
immediate want of food and has appealed in the calm confidence to the
people to send forward what they can spare." The reast of the message
could be deciphered with more work and could be quite interesting. The
letter is not with the cover, but this could represent an extrension of
the original letter when the letter writer ran out of paper and
finished the letter on the outside of the cover. That is speculation,
but I have seen that happen before.
Eugene Davis (1822-1894), a
lawyer and farmer in Charlottesville and a graduate of the University
of Virginia, entered service as Captain of Co K 2nd Va Cav 5/20/1861
and was present at First Manassas. He resigned 11/20/1861. He
re-entered service as a private in Co D 6th Va Cav
8/15/1863 and was detailed to the Quartermaster Department 12/21/1863. He
was captured as a POW at Yellow Taven (Va) 5/11/1864 and confined at
the Elmira prison in New York until his Oath of Allegiance release
2/25/1865. After the war, he resumed farming in Charlottesville. That
would date this cover to April 1863 when he was at home in
Charlottesville.
William Mathews Blackford (1801-1864), a
prominent lawyer and politician and the sender of this cover, raised
five sons all of whom served in the Confederate Army and survived the
war. The Blackford family correspondence is extensive and very
well known. During the war, he served as a financial agent in Lynchburg
for the Confederate government.
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