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 Charles W. Quiggens having been duly elected to the office of Captain Company D In the Capitol Guards Regiment of Kentucky State forces 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 Captain as aforesaid, for the term prescribed by law of six months 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 DIVIDIED WE FALL.}

In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and caused the seal of the State of Kentucky to be affixed, atFrankfort, the seventh day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty=four and in the seventy=third year of the Commonwealth.

Thos E Bramlette

BY THE GOVERNOR:
E. L. VanWinkle, Secretary of State.

ByJas R. Page
Asst Secty

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

Capt. Quiggens mustered into service to take effect from 7^" June 1864 date of his Commission:

Chas Haydon
Mustering Officer