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CSA #6xu6 Atlanta, Ga Handstamp
PAID 10 Provisional 22 SEP 1861. Military Address to Capt Benj C.
Yancey, Fulton’s Dragoons, Col T. R. R. Cobb’s Geo Legion, Yorktown,
Virginia. Cover is Crown listed as
ATL-108. Benjamin Cudsworth Yancey
(1818-1891), Minister to Argentina under President Buchanan, was Capt
of Co B Cavalry Battalion of Cobb’s Legion and promoted Major
11/15/1861. Col Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb (1823-1862), brother
of
Howell Cobb, was promoted Brig-Gen 11/1/1862 and was killed defending
the Sunken Road at Fredericksburg (Va) 12/13/1862. Very clean
appearing cover with bold strikes of the postal markings. Very
well
matched corner repair at the upper right which does not affect any of
the postal markings. Part of backflap replaced with a mismatch
which does not affect an overall Very Fine appearance. |
$800.00 |
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