Description: The 8th Vermont Volunteer Infantry was mustered into federal Service February, 1862 and began it's journey south by rail. An Original 1862 Copy Certificate for the Hartford New Haven and Springfield Rail Road transport of the 8th Vermont Regiment and Battery, total numbering 1158 men and 15 car loads of freight from Springfield to New Haven sixty two miles by Order of Stephen Thomas, Col Commanding, by JS Barstow Adjutant, addressed to George E Smith Quartermaster 8th Regt Vt Vol., with note that the original certificate has been sent to HJ Wright of the NH Springfield Company Office March 22, 1862. 1p blue paper, 8 x 7z' ink. Edge wear, age stains, Overall VG.Comes w service info for the 8th Vermont which saw heavy combat in Louisiana and the Shenandoah Valley incl heavy casualties at the Battles of Bayou Des Allemands and Boutte Station and Port Hudson, Louisiana, 1862-63 and at Opequon (Winchester) and Cedar Creek Virginia in 1864. 15.00 Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE 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: 145 USD
Location: Angier, North Carolina
End Time: 2025-01-13T10:38:18.000Z
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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
Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
Original/Reproduction: Original
Theme: Militaria
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
