Description: Bridgeport, Alabama was a strategic location on the Tennessee River, protecting the Nashville & Cumberland Railroad during the Civil War & site of constant conflict as Union garrisons tried to protect the train trestles, part of US Grant's "Cracker Line during the Chattanooga & Atlanta Campaign. An original Civil War Union Army Ordnance Receipt issued at "Dry Trestle, Tenn" ( on the east side of the River between Bridgeport & Nickajack Cave, Alabama ) for Springfield & Enfield Rifles, bayonet scabbards, cartridge boxes, etc, for the 68th New York Infantry, sgd by LT Frank Sipperlius at Dry Trestle, Tennessee, June 13, 1864. 8 x 11" ptd/ink. Age spots, VG overall. The trestle area today is part of a popular & historic hiking route.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
Price: 135 USD
Location: Angier, North Carolina
End Time: 2023-09-15T18:10:31.000Z
Shipping Cost: 11 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
Original/Reproduction: Original
Theme: Militaria
