Raleigh, N.C., 5¢ red #68XU1 entire with light red provisional handstamp, blue Raleigh N.C. Oct. 24, 1861 double-circle datestamp on cover addressed to Lt. Col. (later BRIGADIER GENERAL) Bradley T. Johnson, 1st Maryland Regiment, 3 Brigade under Genl. Elzey, Centreville Va.; 1861 pencil docketing, small part of flap missing, Ex Northcutt, SCV $600. [NC] [VA] $650.

Brigadier General Bradley Tyler Johnson (1829-1903) enlisted as a Major with promotion to Colonel in 1862 and then Brigadier General 6-28-64 in the illustrious 1st Maryland Regiment which he had a hand in forming. He was the representative Marylander in the South.  He graduated from Princeton in 1849 and finished his legal degree at Harvard.