CSA 5, 10¢ rose, 4 large to huge margins and DRY PRINT tied bold clear SALISBURY N.C. AUG 21 1861 misdated circular datestamp (has to be 1862) on small commercially made cover to Capt. B.F. Little Co. E 52 Regt N.C.T. Martin’s Brigade, Proctor’s Creek, Chesterfield Co. Virginia Care of Col. Marshall. Back flap opening tears otherwise Very Fine+ Signed Brian Green, Ex Myerson and Burton. $700. 

Benjamin Franklin Little was appointed captain in Company E, North Carolina 52nd Infantry Regiment, on April 28, 1862, and promoted to full lieutenant-colonel on July 3, 1863, the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg. During Pickett’s Charge, Lt. Col. Little was severely wounded while leading his men and captured on the battlefield. His wound eventually led to amputation of an arm. After spending time at the Letterman Hospital at Gettysburg, he was transported on September 28 to West’s Building Hospital in Baltimore, then to Ft. McHenry Prison on October 22, 1863. Records show he was mustered out on August 30, 1864, at Gettysburg. A famous correspondence.