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CSA #6 Horz Pair
(little edge nick at right center) tied by the Welaka, Fla double
ring postmark and manuscript date "Sept
22 (1862)." Manuscript receiving date "Oct 1st 1862."
Coarse brown paper cover from the Bryant-Stephens Correspondence with Military Address to Mr. Davis H.
Bryant Care Capt Robt Harrison, Hart's Road Station - Fla. R. Road, 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. This cover was formerly part of the Conrad Bush award
winning Fancy and
Unusal Cancels exhibit and was used as an illustration on Page 362 of
the Collector's Guide
to Confederate Philately Second Edition. This is the only cover listed in
the Welaka Briggs Census with CSA #6 stamps.
Minor edge wear, small corner repairs, and a little ink erosion but
still with a very clean overall appearance with an excellent strike of
the postmark.
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. |
$1,250.00
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