JACKSON  / TEN. // JUL 2 / [1861] neat CDS with matching handstamped PAID in arc and pencil "10" for double rate on red and blue 7-Star Confederate Flag Patriotic cover to Col. W. B. A. Ramsey, Nashville,  Tenn., some light soiling and wear, small piece of back flap missing.  Tennessee passed ordinances of secession on May 6, 1861 The Ordinance required that the question thereafter be submitted to a popular referendum. This occurred on June 8, 1861, when the Ordinance was approved. Tennessee was admitted as a Confederate state on July 2, 1861. Nashville was occupied by Federal troops beginning in February 1862 so, while there is no year date on this cover, it is necessarily an 1861 use. First Day of Confederate Tennessee use, Ex Gallagher and Boshwit. Col. William Baine Alexander Ramsey was  Tennessee’s Secretary of State 1847-55; he was  born in Knox County Tenn Feb. 4, 1799 and died in Edgefield Tenn Apr. 27, 1874.    $2,500.