Stampless Covers - Virginia and West Virginia - Section Three
15576

Item# 15576

Price: $225

YORKTOWN / Va. cds with matching [due] 5 (CSA Catalog Type H, shown with an asterisk so not seen before by the editors) on cover to Col. (later General) Jas. L. Kemper, 7th Va Regiment, Manassas, Va. Flap opening tear. Ex Brandon. Scarce. $225.

James Lawson Kemper was a Confederate Major General and Virginia Governor. At the start of the Civil War, he was a member of the Virginia State Legislature and helped organize Virginia troops for the Confederate forces. Rising through the ranks, he fought at Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg and was promoted Brigadier General in June, 1862. At the Battle of Gettysburg, he was wounded, taken prisoner and exchanged in early 1864. He was promoted Major General in September, 1864 and was assigned the commessand of Richmond, Virginia, until the Confederacy surrendered. After the war, he focused on rebuilding the state into the Union and was elected Governor of Virginia, serving 1874 to 1878.

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