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

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.