CSA 4, 5¢ blue (most likely Stone 2 but not plated) just clear to huge margins, including part of adjoining stamp at right, tied by neat SAVANNAH Ga. / Paid // MAY / 21 / 1862 CDS on fresh cover to Capt. William J. Dickey, Duncansville, Thomas Co(unty) Geo, part of right cover edge almost unnoticeably restored. $375. 

William James Dickey (1828-1906) lived in Thomas County, Georgia and was the son of Shadrack Edward Dickey (1804-1847) and Susan Harvin Dickey. He married Anna Maria Reynolds in 1849. Patrick Henry Dickey (b. 1832), Shadrack Arthur Dickey (b. 1837), and John Edwin Dickey (1840-1913) were brothers of William Dickey. W.H. Reynolds, J.M. Reynolds, and John C. Reynolds were brothers of Anna Reynolds Dickey. All of the brothers served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, most of them in the 29th Regiment. John C. Reynolds went to Richmond (Va.) in August 1862. J. M. Reynolds is in Mechanicsville (Va.) in June 1864. W. H. Reynolds served near Vicksburg (Miss.) in June 1863 and Chickamauga (Ga.) in September 1863 and finally in Marietta (Ga.) in July 1864. William Dickey joined the Georgia Militia and was sent to Atlanta (Ga.) during the Atlanta Campaign. As the Confederate Army retreated from Atlanta, William went to Macon, Camp Stephens, near Griffin and Lovejoy's Station. The family papers are in the Hargrett Library of the University of Georgia. Much of the war-time correspondence is digitized.