James F. Robinson, Commission

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KYR-0002-038-0035

Document Genre

Commission/Appointment

Repository

Kentucky Department of Military Affairs

Collection

Union Artillery, Navy and Marines Primary Source Documents ; Misc U.S.C.T. Primary Source Documents

Item Location

Box 14, Folder BTRY D - 1st REGT LIGHT ARTILLERY 4th BTRY

Place of Creation

Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

22 May 1863

Dates Mentioned

1863-05-22

James F. Robinson, Commission, 22 May 1863, Union Artillery, Navy and Marines Primary Source Documents ; Misc U.S.C.T. Primary Source Documents, Box 14, Folder BTRY D - 1st REGT LIGHT ARTILLERY 4th BTRY, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-038-0035, (accessed April 20, 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 Nat. Shaler having been duly appointed to the office of 2^nd Lieutenant (recruiting service -- In ~~the~~ Company D. Artillery 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 2^nd Lieutenant as aforesaid, for the term of one year unless sooner discharged, upon condition that you take the oath indorsed hereon, within ten days from receipt hereof, sending a certificate 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 second day of May, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty=three 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.

OATH.

I [ ] do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Kentucky, and will discharge, all and singular, the duties and services appertaining to the office of [ ] in the Kentucky Volunteer Militia, agreeably to law and general regulations, and will obey such orders and instructions as I shall from time to time receive from the proper officers.

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Before me, personally appeared the above [ ] and made the oath above written, and signed the same in my presence.

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[ ] A. D. 186[ ].

1 Ky Artillery

Lt. Shaler

Com. cancelled

To be cancelled
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