Joseph R. Snider to Beriah Magoffin
1861-07-19
- Date of Creation
- July 19, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Mount Eden, Spencer County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Correspondence
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Appointments, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG6-106 to MG6-107
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-018-0027
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32207841
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- Dates
- 1861-07-19
Citation
Joseph R. Snider to Beriah Magoffin, 1861-07-19, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Appointments, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-018-0027 (November 14, 2026).
THE FEDERAL UNION IT MUST BE PRESERVED
Published by Mumford & Co., 38 and 40 W. 4th St., Cin'ti, O.
Mt Eden Ky.,
His Excellency, B. Magoffin
Govr. of Ky —
Sir —
I herewith enclose my commission, as 1st Lieut. [...] for the "CrittendenGreys" a company of StateGuards belonging to the Shelby Battalion of the same. Tendering my resignation of the same.
Respectfully, &C., &C., &C.,
Joseph R. Snider
1st Lieut of "Crittenden Greys"
Snider
Accepted
B. Magoffin