CSA 11-AD, 10¢ light blue pair (tiny nick at top) manuscript canceled, doubtless sent from Charleston SC as is a known correspondence, on semi-official imprinted Confederate States. / Head Quarters, Department of So. Ca., Ga. and Flo. / Official Business. (WD-ZA-24, CV $750) Last line crossed out, as was private correspondence. Addressed to Miss Julia McCord, Greenville, South Carolina. Extremely Fine. Chronological letter date of “94” at top left. $450.

Henry Wemyss-Feilden was a young British veteran of the Indian Mutiny who ran the blockade in 1862 to join the Confederate cause. He was Captain and Aide-de-Camp to the Commanding General of the Head Quarters, Department of So. Ca., Ga. and Flo. serving successively under Generals P. G. T. Beauregard, Samuel Jones, and William J. Hardee. He was in love with Julia McCord of Greenville. The story of the dashing British officer and the South Carolina beauty, who ultimately married in 1865 is told in one of my columns. Rudyard Kipling deemed Wemyss-Feilden as “the bravest man I ever knew.” They were great friends in Britain after the war.

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