PIERCE, FRANKLIN, President. Engraved document signed ("Franklin Pierce") as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, Washington, D.C., 9 February 1854. 1 page, folio, 440 x 345mm. (17 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.), ON FINE PARCHMENT, white paper seal of the United States at left, bold heading at top "The President of the United States of America," beneath which an American Eagle and the "E Pluribus Unum" motto fly above billowing clouds, at bottom a large vignette of crossed flags, cannons and other military paraphernalia, with small legend "Engraved by J.V.N. and C.H. Throop, Washn. City," accomplished in manuscript, fine condition. President Johnson and Secretary Davis appoint Thomas M. Vincent a Second Lieutenant in the Second Regiment of Artillery. Vincent graduated from West Point in 1853 and went on to become Attorney Adjutant General in the Union Army. He served under General McDowell at the first Bull Run but spent the remainder of the Civil War in the Adjutant General's office, in charge of the organization of volunteer troops. Vincent retired as a Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General in 1896.(For details see Boatner, Civil War Dictionary).

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PIERCE, FRANKLIN, President. Engraved document signed ("Franklin Pierce") as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, Washington, D.C., 9 February 1854. 1 page, folio, 440 x 345mm. (17 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.), ON FINE PARCHMENT, white paper seal of the United States at left, bold heading at top "The President of the United States of America," beneath which an American Eagle and the "E Pluribus Unum" motto fly above billowing clouds, at bottom a large vignette of crossed flags, cannons and other military paraphernalia, with small legend "Engraved by J.V.N. and C.H. Throop, Washn. City," accomplished in manuscript, fine condition. President Johnson and Secretary Davis appoint Thomas M. Vincent a Second Lieutenant in the Second Regiment of Artillery. Vincent graduated from West Point in 1853 and went on to become Attorney Adjutant General in the Union Army. He served under General McDowell at the first Bull Run but spent the remainder of the Civil War in the Adjutant General's office, in charge of the organization of volunteer troops. Vincent retired as a Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General in 1896. (For details see Boatner, Civil War Dictionary).

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PIERCE, FRANKLIN, President. Engraved document signed ("Franklin Pierce") as President, countersigned by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, Washington, D.C., 9 February 1854. 1 page, folio, 440 x 345mm. (17 1/2 x 13 1/4 in.), ON FINE PARCHMENT, white paper seal of the United States at left, bold heading at top "The President of the United States of America," beneath which an American Eagle and the "E Pluribus Unum" motto fly above billowing clouds, at bottom a large vignette of crossed flags, cannons and other military paraphernalia, with small legend "Engraved by J.V.N. and C.H. Throop, Washn. City," accomplished in manuscript, fine condition. President Johnson and Secretary Davis appoint Thomas M. Vincent a Second Lieutenant in the Second Regiment of Artillery. Vincent graduated from West Point in 1853 and went on to become Attorney Adjutant General in the Union Army. He served under General McDowell at the first Bull Run but spent the remainder of the Civil War in the Adjutant General's office, in charge of the organization of volunteer troops. Vincent retired as a Colonel and Brevet Brigadier General in 1896.

(For details see Boatner, Civil War Dictionary).