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BRIGADIER-GENERAL HENRY LITTLE BUILDING.—This building contains a
bathroom and memorial rooms as follows : Virginia, McKim, Baltimore Light
Artillery, Little, Colston, Marshall, Stonebraker, Goodwin and Chantilly.

General Little was born in Baltimore, March 19, 1817. His record is as follows:

United States Army.—Second Lieutenant Fifth Infantry, July i, 1839; First Lieutenant
Seventh Infantry, April 18, 1845; brevet Captain for gallant conduct at Monterey, Mexico,
September 23. 1846; Captain Seventh Infantry August 20, 1847; resigned May 7, 1861.

Confederate States Army.—Colonel and Adjutant-General, staff of General Price, May,
1861; Brigadier-General April 16, 1862; Brigadier-General in command of Confederate
forces in the vicinity of Rienza, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, April 22, 1862.

General Henry Little was engaged in the battles of Pea Ridge, or Elkhorn Tavern,
Arkansas, March 6-8, 1862; killed at battle of luka, Mississippi, September 19, 1862,
commanding First Division, Army of the West.

In a letter from General Earl Van Dorn to General Beauregard, dated April 27, 1862,
he says : " I want Little as Major-General."

General Van Dorn, in his report of the battle of Pea Ridge, or Elkhorn Tavern, says :
"To Colonel Henry Little my especial thanks are due for the coolness, skill and devotion
with which for two days he and his gallant brigade bore the brunt of the battle."

General S. Price, in his report of the same battle, says : " The brunt of the action fell
during the early part of the day upon my right wing, consisting of General Slack's and
Colonel Little's brigades; they pushed forward gallantly against heavy odds and the most
stubborn resistance, and were victorious everywhere."

General S. Price, in his report of his retreat from Missouri, says : " Colonel Henry
Little, commanding the First Brigade, . . . covered the retreat from beyond Cassville
and acted as the rear guard. The Colonel commanding deserves the highest praise for
unceasing watchfulness and the good management of his entire command. I heartily
commend him to your attention."

General Sterling Price, in his report of the battle of luka, says : " It will thus be
seen that our success was obtained at the sacrifice of many a brave officer and patriot
soldier. Chief among them was Brigadier-General Little, commanding the First Division
of this army. Than this brave Marylander no one could have fallen more dear to me, or
whose memory should be more fondly cherished by his countrymen. Than him. no more
skillful officer, or more devout patriot, has drawn his sword in this war of independence.
He died in the day of his greatest usefulness, lamented by his friends, by the brigade of his
love, by the division which he so ably commanded, and by the Army of the West, of which
he had from the beginning been one of the chief ornaments."

Brigadier-General Louis Herbert, in his report of the same battle, says : " Early in
the action, when the main charge had been ordered. Brigadier-General Little was instantly
killed by a minnie ball, and the command of the division devolved on the undersigned. The