VA3372

CSA #12d (AD) Dark Blue (4-Margin) tied by the Richmond, Va CDS Powell Type 6l 26 JUL (1864). Full Military Address to Capt Powhatan Ellis Jr A. A. (G.), Head Qrs Lieut Genl S. D. Lee, Meridian, Mississippi. Reduced a bit at left where opened just into the first line of the address. Very clean cover. Capt (later Major) Powhatan Ellis Jr (1829-1906), a graduate of the University of Virginia and an engineer by profession, entered service in 1861 with the 3rd Kentucky Mounted Infantry (CSA). Beginning in early 1862, he served throughout the rest of the war as an AAG on the staffs of various CSA generals including Stephen D. Lee (the youngest Lieut Gen in the CS Army and no relation to Robert E. Lee) who fought in the Western Theater.

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