SC1268

CSA #11c (AD) Greenish-Blue (4-Margin) pen-cancelled with manuscript "Manchester SC Aug 16" at the upper left. Full Military Address to Capt Brown Manning, Brig Gen James Cantey's Staff Care Gen Joe E. Johnston, HdQrs, Dalton, Georgia. Adversity Cover made from an apparent printed legal document of some sort flapped down from the upper left corner. Minor edge wear at the top, and the top back flap missing. Very clean cover. Brown Manning (1824-1881) (brother of former South Carolina governor John Laurence Manning 1852-1854) served as Captain of Co C Hampton's SC Infantry Legion and transerred to a staff position as ADC to Gen Cantey in 1863. Capt Manning's wife was the daughter of Gen Cantey. Capt Manning was captured as a POW at Lynch's Creek SC (a small skirmish) on 2/25/1865 and confined for a time at the Point Lookout, Md prison.

$200.00

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