CSA 5-v5, 10¢ rose SCRATCHED STONE VARIETY tied by MT CARMEL S.C. OCT 17 circular datestamp on small commercially made cover to Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew, Petersburg, Va. 2010 CSA certificate 05501 noting light gum toning on stamp and (small) tear on embossed back flap with initials “CP,” Ex Wm. A. Fox and David Burton. $850.

Brig. Gen. James Johnston Pettigrew (1828-1863) was a lawyer and a scholar. He was educated at Bingham's Academy near Hillsborough and entered the University of North Carolina at age fourteen. Highly gifted intellectually, his academic prowess was a tradition at Chapel Hill for many decades. He made a rating of "excellent" in every subject taken in four years and was graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1847. When the war began, he joined the 22nd North Carolina Regiment as colonel. In July 1863, Pettigrew led the charge up the left side of Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg. The losses in Pettigrew's division were staggering, leaving only 80 men standing out of the 800 who began the battle. A week later, Pettigrew died from wounds received during the Confederate retreat, a devasting loss to both the Confederacy and public service.