James F. Robinson, Commission
1863-05-22
- Date of Creation
- May 22, 1863
- Place of Creation
- Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Commission/Appointment
- Repository
- Kentucky Department of Military Affairs
- Collection
- Union Artillery, Navy and Marines Primary Source Documents ; Misc U.S.C.T. Primary Source Documents
- Box / Folder
- Box 14, Folder BTRY D - 1st REGT LIGHT ARTILLERY 4th BTRY
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0002-038-0035
- Rights
- This image and its transcription are freely available to the public. Images appear courtesy of Kentucky Department of Military Affairs. Transcriptions and annotations were created by Kentucky Historical Society staff, volunteers, and interns. When referencing this document, please use our preferred citation.; The use of transcriptions, images, or annotations from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce any material on CWGK is required.
- FTP Identifier
- 32212573
- People
- Wickliffe, Daniel Carmichael
- Robinson, James Fisher
- Finnell, John William
- Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate
- Hughes, William E.
- Places
- Frankfort, Kentucky
- Organizations
- 1st Kentucky Light Artillery Regiment (U.S.A.)
- Commonwealth of Kentucky
- General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
- Government of the United States of America
- Kentucky Volunteers
- United States Army
- Dates
- 1863-05-22
Citation
James F. Robinson, Commission, 1863-05-22, Union Artillery, Navy and Marines Primary Source Documents ; Misc U.S.C.T. Primary Source Documents, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0002-038-0035 (December 16, 2025).
IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF
The Commonwealth of Kentucky,
{KENTUCKY
UNITED WE STAND DIVIDED WE FALL}
JAMES F. ROBINSON,
GOVERNOR OF SAID COMMONWEALTH,
To all whom these Presents shall come, Greeting:
Know Ye, That Nat. Shaler having been duly appointed to the office of 2nd Lieutenant (recruiting service — In the Company D. Artillery Regiment of Kentucky Volunteer Militia, organized under the Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth, and to be mustered into the service of the United States:
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 2nd Lieutenant as aforesaid, for the term of one year 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, agreeably 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
J. F. Robinson
BY THE GOVERNOR:
D. C. Wickliffe, Secretary of State.
Commonwealth Office — WM. E. HUGHES, State Printer.
OATH.
I [...] do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Kentucky, and will discharge, all and singular, the duties and services appertaining to the office of [...] in the Kentucky Volunteer Militia, agreeably to law and general regulations, and will obey such orders and instructions as I shall from time to time receive from the proper officers.
[...]
Before me, personally appeared the above [...] and made the oath above written, and signed the same in my presence.
[...]
[...] A. D. 186[...].
1 Ky Artillery
Lt. Shaler
Com. cancelled
To be cancelled
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