Virginia Volunteers commission document

Creator:

Letcher, John, 1813-1884

Scope and content:

Document appoints Francis M. Boykin to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, signed by Governor John Letcher.

Language:

English

Other descriptive data:

The Commonwealth of Virginia
To Francis M. Boykin, Jr Greeting:

Know you, that from special trust and confidence reposed in your fidelity, courage and good conduct, our Governor, in pursuance of the authority vested in him by an Ordinance of the Convention of the State of Virginia, doth commission you a Lieutenant Colonel in the active volunteer forces of the State, to rank as such from the 14th day of December 1861

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto signed my name as Governor, and caused the Seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed, this 14th day of December 1861.
John Letcher

Subjects:

United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865
Military records
Military commissions

Names:

Boykin, Francis M. (Francis Marshall), 1837-1906
Letcher, John, 1813-1884
Boykin, Francis M. (Francis Marshall), 1837-1906

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