RICHMOND Va. FEB 16 1862, (type 3a) CDS with matching DUE 5 (type O) which has been crossed out and manuscript “Pd” on commercially made envelope to Genl Joseph R. Anderson C.S. Army Wilmington North Carolina.Doubtless, on seeing the charge box notation at upper left, the “due” was changed to “paid.” Ex Harry Muldrow. $180.

Joseph R. Anderson was an iron manufacturer and Confederate army officer during the war. In 1848, he purchased the Tredegar Iron Company, the largest producer of munitions, cannon, railroad iron, steam engines, and other ordnance for the Confederate government. One of Anderson’s most notable decisions was to introduce slaves into skilled industrial work at the ironworks, and by 1864, more than half the workers at Tredegar were bondsmen. Anderson served as a brigadier general for the Confederate army, and fought and was wounded during the Seven Days’ Battles. He resigned his commission in the Confederate Army in 1862 to resume control of the ironworks, and after the war, Anderson was a strong proponent for peace, hoping to keep the Union army from taking possession of the ironworks. He failed, but regained control of Tredegar after he was pardoned by President Andrew Johnson in 1865.