CSA 7-L, 5¢ light blue pair tied CHARLOTTESVILLE / VA // JAN / 4 / 1863 dcds on small commercially-made cover, manuscript “By Courier Line & otherwise from Lynchburg.” To John W. Davis, Care of A. M. Smith, Engineer Corps, Wytheville, Wythe County, Va. RARE MANUSCRIPT DIRECTIVE routing the letter via military courier after arrival in Lynchburg. Wytheville was of strategic importance because of a nearby lead mines and the railroad that served it. This mine supplied lead for about one-third of the Confederate Army munitions. Ex Gimelson and Engstler. $350.