Lot
3011 
Confederacy, 1862, 5¢ light blue, De La Rue printing. Horiz. pair, four large margins (left stamp with wrinkles), tied "Sumter, S.C./Jun 24" cds in lower left hand corner of forwarded cover to Charleston, S.C. where crossed out and forwarded to Camden with 10¢ blue (#11, slightly cut in) tied by neat "Charleston, S.C./Jun 27" cds at upper right, addressed c/o H.A. DeSaussure, the son of Gen. Wilmot Gibbes DeSaussure, small ink erosion spot, Very Fine and attractive. Scott No. 6 Estimate $300 - 400.
DeSaussure was the son of Gen. Wilmot Gibbes DeSaussure. After the U. S. Army evacuated Fort Moultrie in 1861, Gen. DeSaussure was placed in charge of the abandoned fortress. At the time of the bombardment of Fort Sumter by Confederate military forces, he was in command of artillery on Cummings Point. He later took command of the Fourth Brigade, South Carolina Militia, and held this position to the close of the War. He commanded the force of reserves, which engaged in the defense of Charleston, and was appointed Adjutant General of South Carolina.
Realized: $270