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CSA #4 Stone 2 Position 38 (4-Margin) pen-cancelled and manuscript "Afton Va June 28th (1861)" two days before the rate change. Obscure use from Nelson County. Afton was a station on the Virginia Central Railroad. Coarse brown paper cover with Military Address to Mr. William M. Mayo Care of Capt Marmaduke Johnson, Light Artillery, Richmond, Va. Very Fine. Ex-Kohn, Ex-Galen Harrision Collection. Marmaduke Johnson (1826-1871), a renowned Richmond criminal lawyer, a pre-war Virginia Commonwealth Attorney, and a member of the Virginia Secession Convention, entered service as Capt of the Va Johnson Light Artillery (also known as the Va Jackson Flying Artillery) in March 1862. He surrendered at Appomattox Court House 4/9/1865 as a Lt Col having served in every campaign and battle of the ANV from the Seven Days to Appomattox attached to Gen A. P. Hill's Light Division. After the war, he returned to the practice of law in Richmond and operated the Richmond Davis House Hotel. William W. Mayo does not appear on the roster of Capt Johnson's unit. However, there is a Joseph R. Mayo on the roster. William may be a relative, and rosters are often known to be incomplete. There are instances when men were known to have joined a relative in a unit without ever officially enlisting.

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