CSA 12, 10¢ milky blue (4 large margins) tied PITTSYLVANIA C.H. Va. circular datestamp on commercially-made envelope to George D. Wise Esq. Care Gen. H.A. Wise, Richmond, Va.; docketing Aug 31st 1863. $150.

George Wise was a nephew of General Henry A. Wise (1806-1876); George served as a captain during the war, was a lawyer by trade and served as Virginia Commonwealth Attorney and in several U.S. Congresses after the war. Gen. Wise was a U.S. Congressman, U.S. Minister to Brazil for 1843-47 and Governor of Virginia 1856-1860 as well as a General in the Confederate States Army. His brigade in the Army of Northern Virginia was credited with saving the city at the First Battle of Petersburg.