AMERICUS / Ga. / MAR / 10 (1862) bold cds with matching handstamped PAID on small homemade cover to “Maj. J.C. Rylander, Camp Stevens near Griffin, Ga.” Ex-Crouch.  [GA] $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 a major in Co. “C” 10th Georgia Infantry when this was written. He was killed at Cold Harbor, Virginia on June 2, 1864 and is buried in Americus, Georgia.