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Confederate General Edward P. Alexander's Mother Mailed Envelope 1854 to West Pt For Sale


Confederate General Edward P. Alexander's Mother Mailed Envelope 1854 to West Pt
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Confederate General Edward P. Alexander's Mother Mailed Envelope 1854 to West Pt:
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Here is an interesting piece of history. It is an envelope mailed to CADET Edward P. Alexander by his mother. She mailed correspondence to him in 1854 when he was a cadet at West Point. Edward Porter Alexander would later become a Brigadier General during the Civil War.
The envelope has a stamp paid from Savannah, Georgia. It measures approx. 5.5" x 3.5".
Free shipping via the USPS, Fed Ex or UPS. Thanks for looking.Edward Porter Alexander (1835–1910) was a brilliant Confederate Brigadier General, military engineer, and artillerist during the American Civil War.
Key Military Contributions
First Battlefield Signaling: At the First Battle of Bull Run (1861), he used the "wig-wag" flag system to send the first battlefield signal in military history, warning Confederate forces of a flanking maneuver.
Gettysburg and Pickett's Charge: He commanded the massive artillery bombardment that preceded Pickett's Charge on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863.
Innovations: He served as Chief of Ordnance for the Army of Northern Virginia and famously used a hot air balloon for reconnaissance during the Peninsula Campaign.
Post-War Life and WritingsCareer: After the war, he worked as a professor of engineering and later became a prominent railroad executive.Memoirs: He wrote Military Memoirs of a Confederate (1907) and posthumously published recollections (Fighting for the Confederacy), which are widely regarded as among the most thoughtful and critical contemporary analyses of the Civil War.
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