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Civil War Payment for a Volunteer Soldier, Issued in 1862 in Fort Pulaski, Georgia to Union Soldier

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Civil War Payment for a Volunteer Soldier, Issued in 1862 in Fort Pulaski, Georgia to Union Soldier
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Fort Pulaski, Georgia and Connecticut. Lot of 3 pieces Highlighted by a May 1st, 1862,issued warrant for the payment to Jacob Sorvett of Company K, 7th Regiment, from the Volunteer Connecticut Militia for $10. Fort Pulaski guarded the waterway for the port city of Savanah, Georgia and was captured by the Union Army on April 10th, 1862 which the Connecticut 7th Regiment and Jacob Sorvett participated in and successfully captured with minimal loss of life on both sides. The , Includes: "Office of the Surveyor of the Customs, and designated Depositary of Public Moneys at Cincinnati", 1857 Issued $30 payment receipt from Hiram Strait of Covington, Kentucky, S/N 123; Georgia-Alabama Investment and Development Co. 1892 Issued $2.00 payment for a semi-annual dividend on 10 Shares of the Capital Stock of the same company; and, Civil War, State of Connecticut, (Issued at Fort Pulaski, Georgia) 1862 payment for $10.00 from Major William Fitch, Pay-Master-General, due "from the State...to provide for the organization of a Volunteer Militia" and to provide for public defense, Signed by Jacob Lovett. All are in Fine to XF condition. The battle to take Fort Pulaski from the Confederates was a major success. The honor of being the first Federal troops to garrison Fort Pulaski after the surrender was given to the 7th Connecticut Regiment(3)