Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Appointment of Ormsby M. Mitchel as Brigadier General of Volunteers]

GLC01821

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GLC#
GLC01821
Type
Documents
Date
February 6, 1862
Author/Creator
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Title
[Appointment of Ormsby M. Mitchel as Brigadier General of Volunteers]
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
2 p. : vellum : docket ; Height: 50 cm, Width: 37.8 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Signed by Abraham Lincoln as president; countersigned by Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War, and endorsed by Lorenzo Thomas as Adjutant General on 7 February 1862. On verso, contains a note in pencil relating that this document was given to a previous owner by Mitchel's grandson., "Given to me by O. M. Mitchell, June 10 1903 grandson of within and to be returned to him if I die before he does." Blue seal on top left corner. Docketed in pink ink on top left corner.

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