William T. Sherman Commission as Second Lieutenant, US Army, 1840
date: label: date made
content: 1840-07-25
name: label: originator (author or composer, etc.)
content: Van Buren, Martin
label: signer
content: Poinsett, Joel Roberts
label: referenced
content: Sherman, William Tecumseh
notes: label: Description
content: William Tecumseh Sherman's Commission as Second Lieutenant in the Third Regiment of Artillery, United States Army, effective July 1, 1840. The commission, dated July 25, 1840, is signed by President Martin Van Buren and Secretary of War Joel Roberts Poinsett.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.15911
label: accession number
content: 59388
label: catalog number
content: 15911
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet of paper
label: Other Terms
content: sheet of paper; Army
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: parchment (overall material)