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Item# 20053
Price: $300
CSA 12c, left sheet margin 10¢ greenish blue tied 36 ½ mm BALLOON postmark of BRANCHVILLE / S.C. // MAR / 17 CDS on TURNED COVER to Maj. J.E. Rylander, 10th Ga. Battalion, Franklin, Va.; Inside soldier’s use with manuscript “Due 10” from Rylander home to Buena Vista, Georgia. Upper right corner of cover turned back to show soldier docketing. Cover opened 3 sides to display. Nice use. $300.
John Emory Rylander enlisted on June 15, 1861, as a 1st sergeant in Co. “A” of 12th Georgia Infantry. He was discharged for promotion on March 4, 1862, when he was commissioned a captain and only two weeks later was promoted to major in Co. “C” 10thGeorgia Infantry. He was killed at Cold Harbor, Virginia on June 2, 1864, and is buried in Americus, Georgia.