William T. Sherman Commission as Colonel, 13th Infantry, US Army, 1861
date: label: date made
content: 1861-08-16
name: label: originator (author or composer, etc.)
content: Lincoln, Abraham
label: referenced
content: Sherman, William Tecumseh
label: referenced
content: Cameron, Simon
notes: label: Description
content: William Tecumseh Sherman's Commission as Colonel in the Thirteenth Infantry, United States Army, effective May 14, 1861. The commission, dated August 16, 1861, is signed by President Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Simon Cameron.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: Army
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: William Tecumseh Sherman
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Hon. P. Tecumseh Sherman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.15917
label: accession number
content: 59388
label: catalog number
content: 15917
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet of paper
label: Other Terms
content: sheet of paper; Army
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: parchment (overall material)