Description: Franklin Foster Flint, a native of Walpole, New Hampshire was a noted frontier officer before the War commanding US Army forces on the Red River and in Texas, and the Bridgers Pass Expedition in the Rocky Mountains. After the Civil War Colonel Flint commanded the 4th US Infantry and was Commanding Officer of Fort Laramie from 1869-1871 where he befriended Oglala Sioux Chief Red Cloud (Ref Fort Laramie and the US Army on the High Plains).An Original US Army Pay Certificate for Lt Colonel Flint, signed at Tallahassee, Florida by Flint as Lt Colonel 7th US Infantry, Feb 14, 1866. The 11 x 17" ptd/ink Certificate, has edge cuts, archival repairs on reverse, age stains, Overall VG. During the Civil War Colonel Flint commanded US Army units at the bloody battles of Shiloh, Chickamauga and Valverde, New Mexico, and was awarded the rank of Brevet Brigadier General. . Colonel Flint retired from the Army in 1882 and served as Mayor of Highland Park, Illinois 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: 195 USD
Location: Angier, North Carolina
End Time: 2025-01-13T11:08:39.000Z
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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
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Theme: Militaria
