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"J.R. Anderson, Brig. Genl. C.S.A.", endorsement on orange cover with partial "Wilmington Va. Jan 23" cds with matching bold due "5" rating handstamp (CSA type H) on cover with military address to his wife care of Tredegar Iron Works, Richmond Va., pencil 1862 dating; top right nick, Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $200 - 300.

General Joseph Reid Anderson (1813-1892) was an American civil engineer, industrialist, politician and soldier. During the American Civil War he served as a Confederate general, and his Tredegar Iron Company was a major source of munitions and ordnance for the Confederate States Army. Starting with a small forge and rolling mill in the mid-1830s, It was a flourishing operation by 1843 when he leased it. He eventually bought the company outright in 1848 and forcefully and aggressively built Tredegar Iron Works into the South's largest and most significant iron works. When the Civil War broke out he entered the Army as a brigadier general in 1861. Shortly after he was wounded and then resigned from the Army returning to the iron works. It was the Confederacy's major (and for much of the war only) source of cannons and munitions, employing some 900 workers, most of whom were slaves. His plant was confiscated by the Union army at the end of the war, but returned to him in 1867 and he remained president until his death. Anderson was very active in local civic and political affairs.

The Wilmington "Paid" integral-cds was struck off the edge so that the "Paid" would not show.

"J.R. Anderson, Brig. Genl. C.S.A.", endorsement on orange cover with partial "Wilmington Va. 'Paid' 18 Oct" cds with "Paid" obliterated and matching due "5" rating handstamp (CSA type H) with military address to his wife in Richmond Va., pencil "1861" dating on reverse; top left corner mend, some edge wear and reduced slightly at right, otherwise Very Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $200 - 300.

Joseph Reid Anderson (1813-1892) was an American civil engineer, industrialist, politician and soldier. During the American Civil War he served as a Confederate general, and his Tredegar Iron Company was a major source of munitions and ordnance for the Confederate States Army. Starting with a small forge and rolling mill in the mid-1830s, It was a flourishing operation by 1843 when he leased it. He eventually bought the company outright in 1848 and forcefully and aggressively built Tredegar Iron Works into the South's largest and most significant iron works. When the Civil War broke out he entered the Army as a brigadier general in 1861. Shortly after he was wounded and then resigned from the Army returning to the iron works. It was the Confederacy's major (and for much of the war only) source of cannons and munitions, employing some 900 workers, most of whom were slaves. His plant was confiscated by the Union army at the end of the war, but returned to him in 1867 and he remained president until his death. Anderson was very active in local civic and political affairs.

Brg. Gen. Henry Delamar Clayton, homemade brown cover endorsed "H.D. Clayton, Brig. Genl." with " Due 10 " rating handstamp (ATN-05) to his wife in Clayton, Alabama, Very Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $150 - 200.

Clayton was promoted to Brigadier General in April 1863. He was assigned command of a brigade previously led by Alexander P. Stewart consisting of the 18th, 32nd, 36th, 38th, and 58th Alabama regiments. Clayton was active in a number of subsequent campaigns and battles, including Chickamauga and Chattanooga. His brigade played a prominent role in several fights during the 1864 Atlanta Campaign. Following the Battle of New Hope Church, Clayton was promoted to major general and assigned command of Stewart's division in the Army of Tennessee, where it participated in the unsuccessful Franklin-Nashville Campaign.

President Jefferson Davis, 1854 folded letter entered mails with red "New-York, Dec 8, Free" attached-rate cds addressed to Hon. Jefferson Davis, Secretary of War, Washington D.C., letter from Marston Fire Arms Mfg. H.K. Craig, Col. of Ordnance reading "…consistent with the regulations of the approaching trial of Breech Loading Rifles to have Mr. Marston the Inventor of ours who is most familiar with it - fire and exhibit it…"; fold toning, F.-V.F. with interesting gun content.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $75 - 100.

President Jefferson Davis, blue folded cover with "Wilmington N.C. Mar 12" cds and "Free" rating handstamp addressed to Hon. J. Davis, Sec. of War, Washington D.C. ; file folds, Very Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $50 - 75.

President Jefferson Davis, War Department Penalty imprint envelope addressed to Hon. Jefferson Davis, Beauvoir, Harrison County, Mississippi, entered mails with "Washington D.C., Jun 8, 1880" cds, purple "M.G. Wright, about strength of the armies at Manassas" docketing at left, F.-V.F.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $100 - 150.

Gen. John Marshall Jones, CSA, pre-war 1848 use with bold red "Richmond Va. Jul 18" cds with attached "10" rate and "Paid" handstamp to Lieut. J.M. Jones , Adjutants' Office, Military Academy, West Point N.Y., "charge 440" box notation, letter concerns cadet L.G. Williams; file folds, Very Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $50 - 75.

John Marshall Jones (1820 - May 5, 1864) was a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. He fought at the Battle of Gettysburg and was killed in action at the Battle of the Wilderness.

At West Point, he was nicknamed "Rum" Jones for his fondness for alcohol. He graduated in 1841, ranking 39th in a class of 52. Nineteen of his classmates would become Civil War generals, including John F. Reynolds, Nathaniel Lyon, Robert S. Garnett, Richard B. Garnett, Amiel W. Whipple, and Israel B. Richardson, all of whom would also die in combat.

Gen. Joseph Brevard Kershaw, CSA, large blue cover with "Darlington C.H., S.C. Mar 13" cds and matching target on 3¢ rose (65) addressed to General Joseph B. Kershaw, Camden S.C.; reduced at ends, F.-V.F.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $50 - 75.

Gen. George Washington Custis Lee, free frank "G.W. Custis Lee" as Lt. of Engineers on Engineer Department Official Business imprint cover with partial "Washington D.c. 'Free' 1860" integral-rate cds to Marshall Mich., Very Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $75 - 100.

George Washington Custis Lee (1832-1913), also known as Custis Lee, was the eldest son of Robert E. Lee and Mary Anna Randolph Custis Lee. He served as a Confederate general in the U.S. Civil War, primarily as an aide-de-camp to President Jefferson Davis, and succeeded his father as president of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.

Gen. Mansfield Lovell, buff cover with red "New-York '10cts.' 10 Dec" integral-rate cds to Capt. Mansfield Lovell, 4th Artillery U.S.A., Fort Leavenworth Mo., forwarded to Jefferson Barracks with " Fort Leavenworth Mo., Dec 30 " cds and ms. " Ford " rating, 1850 docketing on reverse; reduced slightly at left, Very Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $200 - 300.

Gen. Mansfield Lovell, buff cover with "New-York '5cts.' Sep 4" integral-rate cds to Capt. Mansfield Lovell U.S.A., Fort Leavenworth Mo., Indian Territory, docketed on reverse "Col. J. Plympton, New York. 4. Sept. 1851, Rec'd 19 Sept. 1851", Very Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $50 - 75.

Robert Miller Patton - Governor of Alabama, cover front with "Executive Department of the State of Alabama" corner card addressed to R.M. Patton, Governor of Alabama; some light toning, reverse mounting stains, F.-V.F.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $50 - 75.

Brig. General William Nelson Pendleton, hand-carried homemade brown cover with military address to Brig. Gen. Pendleton, near Gen Lee's Hd Quarters. Orange Court House, Va. , F.-V.F. and scarce.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $75 - 100.

William Nelson Pendleton (1809-1883) was an American teacher, Episcopal priest, and Confederate soldier. He served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, noted for his position as Gen. Robert E. Lee's chief of artillery for most of the conflict. After the war, Pendleton returned to his priestly duties and also wrote religious materials. He was also one of the initiators of the Myth of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy.

(Gen. William Nelson Pendleton, CSA).

Francis Wilkinson Pickens - Governor of South Carolina, folded cover with " Free, F.W. Pickens " free frank and "Edged. C.H. S.C., Dec 31" cds addressed to Col. Andrew Pickens, Pontittoc, Mississippi, Very Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $50 - 75.

Gen. Albert Pike, CSA, 1845 gray folded letter with blue "Mobile Ala. Sep 20" cds with "Paid" and framed "10" rating handstamps addressed to Albert Pike , Attorney at Law, Little Rock, Arkansas; some edge wear, F.-V.F.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $50 - 75.

Albert Pike (1809-1891) was an American author, poet, orator, editor, lawyer, jurist and Confederate States Army general who served as an associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court in exile from 1864 to 1865. He had previously served as a senior officer of the Confederate States Army, commanding the District of Indian Territory in the Trans-Mississippi Theater. A prominent member of the Freemasons, Pike served as the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme Council, Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction from 1859 to 1891.

Gen. Daniel Ruggles, CSA, orange cover with " United States Armory, Harper's Ferry, Va. " and "Official" imprints on orange cover bearing 3¢ dull red (26) tied by "Harper's Ferry, Va. Apr 11" cds address to Lt. Col. Daniel Ruggles at Williams Hotel, Washington D.C.; creases, F.-V.F.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $150 - 200.

James Alexander Seddon, CSA Secretary of War , cover with "Gloucester Va., Jun 23" cds and "Free" rating handstamp on pre-war cover to Hon. James A. Siddon, Washington D.C.; couple opening tears, Fine pre-war use as Representative.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $75 - 100.

James Alexander Seddon (1815-1880) was an American lawyer and politician who served two terms as a Representative in the United States Congress, as a member of the Democratic Party. Seddon was appointed Confederate States Secretary of War (November 21, 1862 - February 5, 1865) by Jefferson Davis during the American Civil War.

Gen. William Smith, Governor of Virginia, brown homemade cover with ms. " Due 10 " rating endorsed at left from " Hdqtrs, 3rd Tenn. Cavalry ", addressed to Genl. Wm. Smith, Hendersonville N.C. ; edge flaws, Fine.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $50 - 75.

William "Extra Billy" Smith (1797-1887) was a lawyer, congressman, the 30th and 35th Governor of Virginia, and a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. On his appointment in January 1863, at 65, Smith was the oldest Confederate general to hold field command in the war. He was Governor of Virginia during the entire Civil War.

Alexander H. Stephens, manuscript " Free, Alexander H. Stephens, M.C. " free frank on cover with red "Washington D.C., 15 Dec" cds with attached "Free" rating addressed to Linton Stephens, Crawfordsville Ga., 1846 docketing on reverse; flap missing, corner tear, F.-V.F.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $100 - 150.

(Ltc. Linton Andrew Stephens, CSA).

Gen. George Hume Steuart, CSA, buff pre-war cover bearing 3¢ dull red (26) , two singles, right s.e. at top, tied by blue "Baltimore Md., Apr 9" town cds to Captain George H. Steuart , 1 Cavalry, Fort Riley, Kansas Territory ; bottom flap missing and bottom corners rounded, F.-V.F.

Estimate  ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $75 - 101.

General George Hume Steuart (1828-1903) was a planter in Maryland and an American military officer; he served thirteen years in the United States Army before resigning his commission at the start of the American Civil War. He joined the Confederacy and rose to the rank of brigadier general in the Army of Northern Virginia. Nicknamed "Maryland" to avoid verbal confusion with Virginia cavalryman J.E.B. Stuart, Steuart unsuccessfully promoted the secession of Maryland before and during the conflict. He began the war as a captain of the 1st Maryland Infantry, CSA, and was promoted to colonel after the First Battle of Manassas.

In 1862 he became brigadier general. After a brief cavalry command he was reassigned to infantry. Wounded at Cross Keys, Steuart was out of the war for almost a year while recovering from a shoulder injury. He was reassigned to Lee's army shortly before the Battle of Gettysburg. Steuart was captured at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, and exchanged in the summer of 1864. He held a command in the Army of Northern Virginia for the remainder of the war. Steuart was among the officers with Robert E. Lee when he surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.

12-Star and Bars Flag, red and blue patriotic design on cover endorsed " Care of Col. Wallace " to Concord N.C.; some staining, couple edge mends and partial flap, Fine.

C.S.A. Catalog No. F11-19   ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦  $3,500.

(Gen. William Henry Wallace, CSA).