KESWICK DEPOT VA  7 SEP [1861] neat CDS with matching oblong PAID with no rate (CC type A) on cover to Dr. Jno. C, Gordon, Care of Col. Edmunds, 38th Regt. Va. Vols., Bristoe Station, Pr. William Co, Va. Ex John Vagnetti. $200.

Dr. John Churchill Gordon (1831-1919) was born at “Edgeworth” Virginia and received two M.D. degrees – one from University of Virginia, , and the other from Medical College of Virginia, Richmond. He married Mary Beall Pegram June 4, 1861, and was appointed Asst. Surgeon a little over a week later to the 38th Va. Infantry. He resigned in November the same year, but practiced medicinel in Albemarle County until 1910. The Gordons had ten children.