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Historic Port Royal South Carolina was HQ for the US Navy Atlantic Squadron and the the main supply depot for Army operations in the Carolinas. An original Civil War Union Army Invoice of Ordnance issued at Port Royal, listing 100s of artillery shells including Schenkl and Hotchkiss Percussion shells and case shot, fuzed shells, solid shot and spherical case, issued May 29, 1864 to Captain Robert A Stantion , Chief of Ordnance, and signed by Lt Morris Shaff. 1p 8 x 11" ptd/ink. Age stains, edge wear, Overall VG. Comes w service info. Captain Schaff, of Licking County, Ohio was brevetted for his role in the battle of the Wilderness, and postwar authored several books on the war incl "The Battle of the Wilderness" 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