James F. Robinson, Quartermaster, William G. Rogers

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KYR-0002-033-0046

Document Genre

Commission/Appointment

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Kentucky Department of Military Affairs

Collection

1st - 2nd Regiments Kentucky Cavalry Muster Rolls

Item Location

Box 46, Bundle 1

Place of Creation

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

28 October 1862

Dates Mentioned

1862-06-30

1862-10-28

James F. Robinson, Quartermaster, William G. Rogers, 28 October 1862, 1st - 2nd Regiments Kentucky Cavalry Muster Rolls, Box 46, Bundle 1, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-033-0046, (accessed April 24, 2024).

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IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF
The Commonwealth of Kentucky,
KENTUCKY UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL.
JAMES F. ROBINSON,
GOVERNOR OF SAID COMMONWEALTH,
To all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:

Know Ye, that William G. Rogers having been duly appointed to the office of Quarter Master, with rank of 1st Lieutenant, vice Elias Thomasson out of service June 30, 1862- In the 2 Cavalry Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Militia, organized under the Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth, and to be mustered into the service of the United States:

NOW KNOW YOU, That, by the powers vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of said State, and reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity, and ability, I do, by these presents Commission you as 1 Lieutenant as aforesaid, for the term of three years unless sooner discharged, upon condition that you take the oath indorsed hereon, within ten days from receipt hereof, sending a certifate thereof to General Headquarters; and I do hereby authorize and require you to discharge, all and singular, the duties and services appertaining to your said office, agreeably to law and general regulations, and to obey such orders and instructions as you shall, from time to time, receive from your superior officers.

{SEAL OF KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and caused the seal of the State of Kentucky to be affixed, at Frankfort, the Twenty Eighth day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty=two and in the eighty=Seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America.

J. F. Robinson

BY THE GOVERNOR:
D.. C. Wickliffe, Secretary of State.

Commonwealth Office -- WM. E. HUGHES, State Printer

2 Cav

Q^r Mas.
Rogers
Copy Comm: returned

A copy from the record- the Original being lost or mislaid

John W. Finnell
Adj^t Gen^l Ken. Vols.

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