| SC1192 |
Turned Cover -- 1st Use (inside)
CSA #12 (AD) (4-Margin) tied by the Grahamville SC
CDS 9 MAR 1864. Addressed to Mrs. Mary Cumming, Warthen's
Store,
Washington Co., Georgia. Sent by Dr. David R. Cumming of the 12th Ga Battalion Georgia Light
Artillery home to his mother. 2nd Use (outside) CSA #7 Vert Pair
(margin close at the top) tied by an unidentified CDS dated 21 APR
(1864) and affixed on
the reverse to seal the back flap. Sent by Mrs. Cumming back to her son
with Military Address to
Dr.
D. R. Cumming 12th Ga Batt (Lt Art) Maj Honoy (Hanvey) Comg
(commanding),
Pocotaligo So C R R (South Carolina Railroad), South Car.
The railroad routing appears to be incorrect as Pocotaligo was on the
Charleston and Savannah Railroad. Light water staining.
David
R. Cumming (1831-1904) enlisted as a Hospital Steward (date not given)
and had service in the 12th
Ga Batt Light Artillery
which was
assigned to the Department of South Carolina and Florida. His tombstone
in Warthen, Washington County, Georgia, says "MD." He graduated from
the Medical College of Georgia in Augusta in 1859 but did not serve in
the war as
a doctor or a surgeon. He apparently never married. After the war, he
farmed and practiced medicine in Washington
County, Georgia. See FL228
and SC1178
for other covers in the same correspondence.
George
McDuffee Hanvey (1824-1900), a Mexican War veteran, entered service as
Captain of Co A, 1st Ga
Inf 3/18/1861. On 5/1/1862 he
transferred into the newly formed 12th
Ga Battalion Light Artilley as
Captain of Co A and was promoted Major 11/6/1862. Maj Hanvey was
severely wounded and captured as a POW at the Battle on Monocacy (Md)
7/9/1864 and confined at Johnson's Island until released in July 1865.
After the war, he lived in Coweta County, Georgia. Major Hanvey's
wartime letters and papers are archived at the University of Georgia.
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