Military Commission of William N. Clements as 3rd Lieutenant in the Guards of the Sunny South Volunteer Company in Lowndes County, Alabama.

Item

Identifier

SG00248_f09_Q0000134745_Q0000134746

Title

Military Commission of William N. Clements as 3rd Lieutenant in the Guards of the Sunny South Volunteer Company in Lowndes County, Alabama.

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Type

Text

Creator

Moore, Andrew B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873,; Weaver, J. H.

Date

1860 December 3

Description

Commission letter from Governor Andrew B. Moore to William A. Clemens, appointing him 3rd Lieutenant of the Guards of the Sunny South in Lowndes County, Alabama. Moore informs Clemens of his election to the position and officially commissions him under the provisions of Alabama’s 1860 military organization act.

Format

letter

Place

Montgomery (Ala.)

Publisher

Alabama Department of Archives and History. (electronic version)

Contributor

Addie Brown

transcription

Co. 11. 1.

THE STATE OF ALABAMA, And by Authority of the Same. Andrew B Moore GOVERNOR AND COMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMY AND NAVY. To WM A Clemens GREETING:

WHEREAS you have been elected 3rd Lieutenant of the Guards of the Sunny South in the County of Lowndes composing a part of "The Volunteer Corps of the State of Alabama," under the provisions of "An Act to provide for an efficient Military Organization of the State of Alabama," approved February 24th, 1860, reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity and ability, I do by these presents commission you to take rank agreeably to law. You will carefully and diligently perform the duties of 3rd Lieutenant by doing and performing all manner of things thereto belonging.

You will observe and follow such orders as you shall, from time to time, receive from the Governor of this State, for the time being, and his successors in office, and from other superior officers, according to military rules and discipline; and all inferior officers and soldiers are enjoined to obey you in your cap[acity]

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed, at the City of Montgomery, this 3rd day of December A. D. 1860 and the Independence of the United States, the eighty fifth year.

A. B. Moore

BY

J. H. Weaver Secretary of State.

Resignation of Lieut. Clemens of Lowndes County

No. 32

Subject

Clements, William N.;
Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873;
Governors--Alabama;
Alabama--Politics and government--To 1865;
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military personnel;