CSA 7-R-v8, 5¢ blue pair with bottom of left stamp not printed (this is a listing transient printing variety in the CSA Catalog) tied by a SAVANNAH Ga. Paid MAR 10 (1863) circular date stamp on fresh cover to Louis Manigault Augusta Georgia from Mr. Capers with extensive docketing at upper left. 1987 PF certificate 0173888, Ex Hubert Judd and Paul Boschung. Extremely Fine and choice. $180.

Louis Manigault (1828-99) was born in Paris, France, on November 21, 1828, while his mother and father were visiting their ancestral homeland. He descended from French Huguenots who fled La Rochelle, France, because of religious persecution with the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685. The Manigault family immigrated to South Carolina where they became very prosperous in planting, trading, and merchandising. Because of the extreme wealth of the Manigault Family in Charleston, South Carolina, nearly every male member received a European education and took many tours and trips overseas. During the Civil War, Manigault served the South as a special investigator of military operations in the field as an assistant to the Surgeon General. Source: https://alphasig.org/history “Mr. Capers” noted on the cover was doubtlessly Ellison Capers (1837-1908) a Confederate general, theologian, college professor, and administrator from South Carolina.