(1815-1868) Confederate major general who originally urged loyalty to the Union, but upon Lincoln's election obtained a Confederate commission and led forces at Antietam and in Georgia. Franking signature in black ink at the top right of a 5 x 3 in. envelope of rough brown ‘hardship’ paper, adding his rank ‘Brig Genl C. S. A.’, and executing his name a second time in addressing it ‘Mrs Howell Cobb Macon Georgia’. Post-marked at Richmond, April 19, 1863. The ink is mildly faded, and the envelope shows a few spots of soiling and has been opened at the right edge, with archival tape marks to the verso, otherwise in very good overall condition.