CSA 11c, 10¢ bluish green tied by CHARLESTON S.C. circular datestamp on cover to Mrs. Mary E. Wise, Care of Dr. A.Y.P. Garnett, 6th Between Main & Franklin, Richmond, Va. from her husband, Brig. Gen. Henry A. Wise. Ex David Burton. $160.

Alexander Yelverton Peyton Garnett (1820 –1888) was a physician. He was President of the American Medical Association in 1886. During the war, he served on the personal staff of President Jefferson Davis. He also was the physician of many high-profile generals, including Robert E. Lee, as well as many members of the Confederate cabinet and congress.
Henry Alexander Wise (1806-1876) was an attorney, diplomat, politician and slave owner 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.