MacKay_Letter_002

Title: MacKay_Letter_002
Description: War Department Commission for A. J. Mackay

Commission from the War Department in Washington D.C. for A. J. Mackay. Dated July 29th, 1865. He is being appointed “for faithful and meritorious services during the war, a Major of Volunteers by Brevet. The rank was given “the thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five.”

[Signed]
Edwin M Stanton, Secretary of War
Brevet Major A. J. Mackay, U.S. Volunteers
Identifier: MacKay_Letter_002.jpg
Creator: Kristen Walker
Subject: Commission
Publisher: Izzy Moyer; Kristen Walker; Jill Johnson; and Renee Guerin
Date: 1865.07.29
Date Created: 2023.10.25
Type: Military Orders; Commission
Format: .jpg
Medium: Paper
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