CHARLOTTE / N.C. blue cds with matching PAID 5 (CSA catalog Type D, CV $250) on commercially made stampless cover to “Lieut S. P. Caldwell, Care of Col. Ransom, 1st Regt of Cavalry N.C. Vol., Tudor Hall, Manassas Junction, Va.” $150.

Samuel P. Caldwell enlisted as a 2nd Lieut. on 5-16-1861 in Co. C, NC 1st Cavalry, promoted a few months later to  1st Lieut. and transferred to Co. D.