CSA 12c, 10¢ greenish blue (4 large even margins), tied by beautifully struck BARNESVILLE GA. MAR 18 cds on 1864 lined folded letter endorsed "Off Bus" Official Business from A.D.C. Dr. Joseph C.C. Blackburn with military address to General H.C. Wayne, Adjt & Inspector Genl, Milledgeville Ga. The town is crossed out over which is contemporaneously written “An Coms. Essential to protect from conscription or will certificates.” Very Fine. Click here to see letter page 1. Click here to see letter page 2. $200.

CSA Brig. Gen. Henry Constantine Wayne (1816-1883) is probably best remembered for commanding the expedition to test the US Camel Corps as a means of transportation in the American West as an alternative to using pack mules or horses. He graduated from the US Military Academy at West Point in 1838. Following Lincoln's victory as US President in 1860, he resigned his commission in the US Army to join the Confederate cause and became the adjutant and inspector-general of Georgia. Much more information readily available online.