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Clark, Henry Toole, 1808-1874 [Commissioning George Wortham as Major]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02233.13 Author/Creator: Clark, Henry Toole, 1808-1874 Place Written: Raleigh, North Carolina Type: Document signed Date: 15 April 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : envelope ; 34 x 21 cm. Order a Copy

Commissioning George Wortham as a major of the Fiftieth Regiment of North Carolina Infantry. Also signed by Clark's private secretary, P. Cowker, and Adjutant General J.G. Medutin.

Henry T. Clark was the governor of North Carolina.

Clark, Henry Toole, 1808-1874
Wortham, George, fl. 1823-1883

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