CSA 11c, 10¢ bluish green (4 large even margins) tied neat RICHMOND VA NOV 4 1863 circular datestamp on small wide-bordered mourning cover to Lieut. Duncan G. Campbell Care of Col. Harris, Charleston So Ca. Click here to see the back of the cover which is noted as “Recd at Signal Office Novr 3rd 1863. Light penciled “Ex” above address – perhaps indicating examined soldiers’ mail. Small stain at center otherwise Extremely Fine, Ex David Kohn and Renate W. Thayer. $500.

Duncan Green Campbell (1835-1888) was the only son of John Archibald Campbell (1811-1899), who was Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court (1853-1861) and Assistant Secretary of War in the Confederate government (1862-65), and Anne Esther Goldthwaite (1804-1883). He was probably named for his paternal grandfather Duncan Green(e) Campbell for whom Campbell County, Georgia was named. This Duncan married Ella S. Calvert (1840-1902) in 1861; they had four children together. She probably lived in Richmond with her father-in-law during the war. He served as a lieutenant in the Confederate Engineer Corps. He was promoted to captain in March 1864, and he served until April 1865. He settled in New Orleans after the war.