SA 6, 5¢ light blue pair (crease across top) tied by blue PETERSBURG Va. OCT 11 CDS used over US U10 entire; addressed to Mrs. B. F. Little, Little's Mills, Richmond County, N.C.. Sent by Captain B(enjamin) F. Little of the 52nd Regiment of North Carolina Troops, well known for his wounding and capture at the Battle of Gettysburg. Military bio included. Choice cover. Ex Thayer and Burton. $450.

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.