IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF

The Commonwealth of Kentucky,

{KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}
THOMAS E. BRAMLETTE,
GOVERNOR OF SAID COMMONWEALTH.
To all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:

Know Ye, That John M. Chambers having been duly appointed to the office of Colonel In the sixtieth (60) Regiment of Kentucky Militia organized under the Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth:

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 Colonel as aforsaid, for the term prescribed by law 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, aggreably 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 seventeenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty=three and in the seventy=fourth year of the Commonwealth.

Tho E Bramlette
BY THE GOVERNOR:

E. L. Vanwinkle, Secretary of State.

By Jas R Page
Asst Sec

Commonwealth Office — WM. E. HUGHES, State Printer.

Head Quarters Ky State Militia
Frankfort Febry. 23. 1864

60 Reg

Kenton

Respectfully referred to Adjutant Gen^l John Boyle. for cancelments

D W Lindsey
Insp Gen^l of Ky,

Cancel

Boyle

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