CSA 1-1, 5¢ green, Stone 1, position 50 right sheet margin and CSA 6, 5¢ light blue tied in combination by double strike of neat CHARLESTON S.C. OCT 7 1862 double-circle datestamp on commercially made cover to Gen. J.J. Pettigrew C.S.A. Petersburg, Va. Small cover tear at top edge. Ex Hardy, Shenfield, Kohn, and Burton. $750. Listed in both CSA 1, Section 2, and CSA 6 covers.

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 earned a rating of "excellent" in every subject taken in four years and graduated as valedictorian of the class of 1847. He spoke five languages, was a math whiz, and a champion fencer. 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 of Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia, a devastating loss to both the Confederacy and future public service. His impressive full biography is worth searching out.