CONFEDERATE COVER, MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TO DR. CHARLES M. WRIGHT OF AUGUSTA

CONFEDERATE COVER, MILLEDGEVILLE, GEORGIA, TO DR. CHARLES M. WRIGHT OF AUGUSTA

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Confederate-use cover of tan-brown wove paper, approximately 4 1/4 x 2 5/8 inches, addressed in a light period pencil hand to "Dr. Chas. M. Wright / Augusta / Ga." A second pencil notation appears at the lower left of the address panel, only partly legible and possibly a box number, carrier's endorsement, or forwarding instruction. Franked at the upper right with a 10c Jefferson Davis adhesive, the shade photographing greenish, tied by a circular town datestamp struck to the left of the stamp and reading in part as Milledgeville, Georgia. Reverse plain, with the standard pointed upper and lower flaps intact; no docketing, seal, or return address.

Milledgeville served as the capital of Georgia throughout the war, seat of the state government and of Governor Joseph E. Brown's administration until the city was occupied by Sherman's left wing in November 1864. Wartime covers with a legible Milledgeville origin carry that association. Augusta, the destination, was a principal Confederate manufacturing and hospital center, home to the Confederate States Powder Works.

Dr. Charles M. Wright, born in 1837, died at the young age of 28 and is buried in Magnolia Cemetery in August, GA.

CONDITION:  Overall toning and scattered foxing consistent with wartime paper stock. Light soiling, small nicks and losses along the edges, and minor creasing. The address is faint but legible under good light. Adhesive sound and firmly affixed.      [ss][ph:L]

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