Civil War Hardeeville SC 20th Connecticut Pay Voucher 1865 Historical Document

$ 71.28

Theme: Militaria Original/Reproduction: Original Country/Region of Manufacture: United States Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)

Description

Historic Hardeeville, South Carolina on the Savannah River was occupied by Sherman's Army January 28, 1865 and burned the next day as SheRman's Army resumed their March to Columbia, SC. An original Civil War Pay Voucher issued at Hardeeville, S.C. Jan 28, 1865 for money to be paid to the wife of 20th Connecticut Private Edmund C Purple a native of East Haddam, Connecticut. The Voucher is signed by Private Purple, and by Lt Cecil Burleigh as the private's company officer, and signed on the reverse by the recipient Mrs Elizabeth Purple, and with impressed cancellation seal by a New Haven bank, dated 1865. The Voucher is stamped as Paid. 1p 8 x 3" ptd/Ink. Minor age stains, edge wear, Overall VG. Comes w service info for the private and his lieutenant who served together 3 years. Welcome to my Ebay Auctions and Ebay Store. I am a specialist in early American Military & Historical items, especially American Civil War ephemera- letters, military & historic documents including broadsides, commissions, General Orders and other imprints and badges. I have been collecting and selling original American Civil War & US Military memorabilia for 41 years. PLEASE SEE MY EBAY STORE FOR OTHER CIVIL WAR AND EARLY AMERICAN MILITARIA LISTINGS. I am a longtime member of the Company of Military Historians, the New England Antique Arms Association, the Ephemera Society of America & the Civil War Veterans Historical Assn. My customers have included some of the leading names in collecting and selling American History items, as well was as a wide range of novice & advanced collectors in addition to some 30 US federal, state, public and private university & municipal museums and libraries. NOTE: Any repair to a paper item is listed. I use only museum curator approved archival repair tape. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and in the condition as described. . I ship only USPS priority mail with insurance Mike Brackin

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