January Internet Auction

Pendleton S.C. Mar 19 (1861), blue cds ties U.S. 3¢ dull red (26) , few nibbled perfs on cover addressed to Brig. General S. McGowan, Abbeville C.H., S.C.; some light edge soiling, Fine; signed Brian Green.

Scott No. U.S. 26   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $150.

General Samuel McGowan (1819-1897) was an American military officer, lawyer, politician, judge, and a Brigadier general in the Confederate army during the American Civil War. Born in South Carolina, he commanded a brigade in A.P. Hill's famous "Light Division" and was wounded several times. Ezra Warner's book, Generals in Gray, claims that "McGowan's career and reputation were not excelled by any other brigade commander in the Army of Northern Virginia." Following reconstruction, he was elected to the United States Congress but refused to take his seat, later serving as an Associate Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court.

Norfolk Va., May 21, 1861, blue cds ties U.S. 3¢ dull red (26) on cover to Governor Manning, Staff of General Beauregard, Charleston S.C., docketed "Isaac Licher, May 1861" at left; partial flap, Very Fine and attractive U.S. used in the C.S.A.; signed Brian Green.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $150 - 200.

(John Lawrence Manning - Governor of South Carolina).