TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS MEXICAN WAR OFFICER SGD INVOICE 1847 For Sale

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TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS MEXICAN WAR OFFICER SGD INVOICE 1847:
$185.00

In 1846 General Zachary Taylor led his army of volunteers across the Rio GrandeRiver, to occupy the village of Camargo in the State of Tamaulipas, where he established a major supply base, then moved south to conquer the City of Monterrey. Camargo remained a US supply base until the end of the war in 1848. A rare original US Volunteer Army receipt for 650 bushels of corn and other quartermaster supplies, issued at "Camargo, Mex" May 12, 1847, and signed by McDonough J Bunch as AAQM of the "Ky Calvy".The 1p 8 x 8" ink receipt on blue paper has minor edge wear, age stains, Overall VG. Comes with serviceinfo. Major McDonough Bunch was the son of Colonel Samuel Bunch, who commanded the 1st Tennessee Volunteers in the Creek War. (Cadmus Wilcox"History of the Mexican War" lists MacDonaugh Bunch as Major 4th Tennessee Volunteers, Kentucky did have a Cavalry Regiment in Mexico and possiblyBunch signed this invoice while serving as Acting Asst QM of that unit.After the War he led Mississippi Volunteersin Narciso Lopez' 1850 invasion to liberate Cuba from the Spanish (Ky Hist Society Vol 104, 4).