CSA 1, 5¢ green (4 margins) tied by RICHMOND Va. circular datestamp with patriotic Label of Sailor Nailing 11-Star Flag to Pole (CSA Catalog type ST-4) affixed on cover at top right, neatly and boldly addressed to Duncan G. Campbell Esq., Care of Major W. L. Cabell, Quarter Master A.P. Manassas Va; small part of top back flap removed, Very Fine and scarce. These are very rarely tied and expertizing bodies frequently offer a "no opinion" when submitted, therefore offered on its own merits. CSA CV $3,500 for tied. $1,500.
Duncan Green Campbell (1835-1888) was the only son of John Archibald Campbell (1811-1899), who was Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court (1853-1861) and Assistant Secretary of War in the Confederate government (1862-65), and Anne Esther Goldthwaite (1804-1883). He was probably named for his paternal grandfather Duncan Green(e) Campbell for whom Campbell County, Georgia was named. This Duncan married Ella S. Calvert (1840-1902) in 1861; they had four children together. She probably lived in Richmond with her father-in-law during the war. He served as a lieutenant in the Confederate Engineer Corps. He was promoted to captain in March 1864, and he served until April 1865. He settled in New Orleans after the war.
William Lewis Cabell (1827-1911), "Old Tige" graduated from West Point in 1850 and served primarily in the Quartermaster General's Office until the outbreak of the war, at which time he resigned and was promptly assigned by the CSA as Major and Chief Quartermaster to General Beauregard at Manassas. He later served on the staff of General J. E. Johnston, at which time he assisted these two officers in designing the Confederate battle flag. Transferred to the Trans-Mississippi under General Van Dorn, Cabell was of great service after the Battle of Elkhorn, when he ferried the latter's entire command to the eastern bank of the Mississippi River. Later, he was appointed brigadier general to rank from January 20, 1863. While in command of a brigade of cavalry under General Sterling Price, he was captured on a raid into Missouri in October 1864 and held prisoner until August 28, 1865, when he was released from Fort Warren, Mass. He served as mayor of Dallas, Texas, after the war.