1861, Military Addresses: Duncan G. Campbell, Care of Major W.L. Cabell, Quarter Master Gen`l A.P., Manassas Va., address on cover bearing 5 cent olive green, four good margins with bright color, diagonally crease, tied by RICHMOND Nov/23 1861 cds.; very fine appearance. William Lewis Cabell graduated from West Point in 1850. His U.S. service was primarily in the Quartermaster General`s Office and upon his resignation in 1861, was promptly assigned by the C.S.A. as Major and Chief Quartermaster to General Beauregard at Manassas. He later served on the staff of General J. E. Johnston, at which time he assisted these two officers in designing the Confederate battle flag. Transferred to the Trans-Mississippi under General Van Dorn, Cabell was of great service after the Battle of Elkhorn, when he ferried the latter`s entire command to the eastern bank of the Mississippi River. Later, he was appointed brigadier general to rank from January 20, 1863. While in command of a brigade of cavalry under General Sterling Price, he was captured on a raid into Missouri in October 1864, not being released until August 1865.
