Member of the South Carolina Company K ‘Irish Volunteers’ remembered for his actions at Gettysburg, where he seized the battle flag of his regiment from the fallen color bearer and led his men onward through the town square. Partial self-contained manuscript DS, signed “Jas. Armstrong,” one page, 8.5 x 3.5, March 11, 1876. Financial document, in part: “Received…from the Commercial Wharf & Cotton Press Co. Thirteen hundred & thirty three 50/100 dollars.” Reverse is a section of a legal document. In very good condition, with dampstaining to edges and some show-through from writing to reverse.
