CSA 11-ADc, 10¢ greenish blue (4 margins) tied neat RICHMOND Va. NOV 5 (1863) circular datestamp (Powell type 5d) on outer folded lettersheet to Col. Wm. M. Howerton, Care Genl H. Wise, Wise Brigade, Charleston S.C. Ex Harry Muldrow. $150.

William Matthew Howerton (1826-1874) enlisted October 25, 1864 as a Jr. 2nd Lieutenant; he was commissioned into Virginia 26th Infantry, Army of Northern Virginia.

Henry Alexander Wise (1806-1876) was an attorney, diplomat, politician and enslaver from Virginia. As the 33rd Governor of Virginia, Wise served as a significant figure on the path to the American Civil War, becoming heavily involved in the 1859 trial of abolitionist John Brown.