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Item# 18007
Price: $700
CSA 5a (CSA Catalog #), 10¢ dull rose (4 clear to large margins), tied bold clear ATLANTA / Ga. // JUL / 20 (inverted) / 1862 on cover to Nancie J. Bohannon, McKinley PO, Marengo Co[unty] Ala. Soldier’s endorsement at top, “JCB of 43rd Reg Ala Vol.” Slightly reduced at left. Ex Risdon, Judd and Kilbourne. SCV $750. $700.
James C. Bohannon (1836-?) served as a private in Company B, 43rd Alabama Infantry. The 43rd Infantry Regiment was organized at Mobile, Alabama, in May 1862, and immediately moved to Tennessee. The men were recruited in the counties of Marengo, Greene, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Jefferson, and Mobile. It surrendered with 15 officers and 113 men. Bohannon married M.L. Bailey on Sep. 14, 1865.