FL169

Stampless cover with the Welaka, Fla double ring postmark and handstamp PAID Type B as well as "Paid 10cts" in manuscript 9 NOV (1862). From the Bryant-Stephens Correspondence with a Military and Rairoad address to Mr. D. H. Bryant Care Capt Robt Harrison, Hart's Station, Flor R. Rd E. Fla. The Florida Railroad ran a diagonal course accross the upper Florida Peninsula from Fernandina on the Atlantic Coast to Cedar Key on the Gulf Coast. The Briggs Census lists 13 Welaka covers of this type. Exceptionally Fine cover with PF Certificate 2008.  Davis H. Bryant (1839-1914), an accountant by profession, enlisted as a private in Co K 2nd Fla Cav 5/16/1862. He was promoted Sergt in 1863 but soon reduced to the ranks (reason unknown). He also spent time on detached duty for the Quartermaster's Department and served throughout the rest of the war. He took the Oath of Allegiance on 5/20/1865 in Waldo, Florida. After the war, he relocated to New York City where he was successful in business. Upon retirement in his later years, he returned to Florida making his home in Orlando where he is buried. Robert H. Harrison (1830-1898) entered service 5/16/1862 as Captain of Co K 2nd Fla Cav, a unit which spent the war in Florida. He was promoted Major of the regiment 9/8/1862. At the end of the war, he took the Oath of Allegiance in Baldwin, Florida, 5/17/1865. Major Harrison was from a wealthy planter family in Nassau County, Florida. After the war, he returned to his life in Nassau County.

$1,500.00

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