VA3370

Turned Cover -- First Use - CSA #7 Horz Pair (margins just a little tight) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 3h 19 MAR (1863). Military Address to Maj-Gen I. R. Trimble, Army of Rappahanock near Guineas. Second Use - CSA #7 Vert Pair (margin a little tight at the lower left) tied by a partial strike of the Guineys, Va CDS with a MAR (1863) date. Addressed to Mrs. Julia Coles, Farish House, Charlottesville, Va. Farish House was a hotel in Charlottesville. The address is written in General Trimble's hand. Note on the reverse signed by Brian Green attesting to the General's handwriting. Cannot find a connection between Gen Trimble and the addressee. The cover has been cut and flapped for display. Isaac Ridgeway Trimble (1802-1888), an 1822 graduate of West Point who resigned from the US Army in 1832 to engage in railroad developement) was born in Virginia but considered himself a Marylander. He entered Confederate service as Colonel of Engineers in Virginia in May 1861 and promoted Brig-Gen in August 1861. He served wth distinction through 1862 and was severely wounded at Second Manassas in August 1862 but recovered and was promoted Maj-Gen 1/17/1863. At Gettysburg, Gen Trimble commanded one of the three divisions engaged in Pickett's Charge. He was severely wounded at Pickett's Charge losing a leg and was also captured as a POW as he could not retreat with the army because of his amputation which ended his miltary career. He was confined at Johnson's Island and Fort Warren until exchanged in March 1865 and paroled at Lynchburg, Va., 4/16/1865. After the war, he returned home to Baltimore and resumed his work as an engineer.

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