CSA 11, 10¢ blue (4 margins) tied ATLANTA / Ga. // JUN / 29 on commercially made cover to Louis Manigault, Care of Surgeon Joseph Jones, Box No 224 PO, Augusta, Georgia. $125.

Dr. Joseph Jones (1838-1919) was a surgeon for the Confederate States of America (CSA) assigned to Surgeon General Samuel P. Moore to conduct medical studies of principal Southern hospitals and military prisons. He was a prominent physician, scientist and teacher of the 19th century. He had a long illustrious career; his papers are at Louisiana State University Library in Baton Rouge. Manigault was Jones’ secretary.