Brigadier General of Volunteers Feb 6 1862

              The  
 
		PRESIDENT of the UNITED STATES of AMERICA 
 
 
 
                        		       (EAGLE SEAL) 
 
 
 
 
		To all who shall see these presents greeting: 
 
 
 
	Know Ye, That reposing special trust and confidence in the patriotism, valor, 											fidelity, and 
abilities of   Robert H. Milroy  I have nominated, and by and with the advice and consent 
of the Senate, do appoint him  Brigadier General of Volunteers 
in the service of the United States:  to rank as such from the   third  day of  September   
eighteen hundred and sixty two.  He is therefore carefully and diligently to discharge the 												duty 
of   Brigadier General     by doing and performing all manner of things thereunto 												belonging. 
 
 
 
	And I do strictly charge and require all Officers and Soldiers under his command 											    to be obedi- 
ent to his orders as   Brigadier General.  And he is to observe and follow such orders  
											and di- 
rections from time to time as he shall receive from me or the future President of the  
									        United States of 
America, or the General or other superior Officers set over him according to the rules and 										   discipline of 
War.  This Commission to continue in force during the pleasure of the President of the 										        United States for  
the time being. 
 
 
 
 
 	Given under my hand at the City of Washington this Sixth day of February in the 												year 
                    of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixth two and in the eighty sixth 										year,  
                      of the Independence of the United States. 
 
 
 
By the President   
                                                                            Abraham Lincoln 
 
 
                                             Edwin M. Stanton 
 
                                               Secretary of War 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Recorded Volume 7 Page 40 
Adjutant Generals Office 
      February 7, 1862 
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