CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA CASTLE PINCKNEY GARRISON FLAG RECEIPT 1832

Description

Castle Pickney was a brick fort built in Charleston Harbor to provide protection during the War of 1812, and later used as a prisoner of War camp during the American Civil War but is best remembered during the Nullification Crisis of 1832 when, after John C Calhoun and the State of South Carolina attempted to leave the Union, President Andrew Jackson, a powerful advocate of the Federal Union, in October, 1832 ordered the Secretary of War to fully occupy and re-provision the posts surrounding Charleston, including Castle Pinckney.  An Original US Army receipt issued at Castle Pinckney, November 3, 1832 for receipt of a Garrison Flag, signed by Captain Henry Saunders, 1st Artillery.
Captain Saunders, a Virginian and a veteran of the War of 1812 commanded the post at Pinckney during the Crisis of 1832. 1p 8 x 3" ink,. Minor edge wear, w minor edge wear, Overall VG.
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