Miscellaneous document sources, War of the Rebellion: from the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies and Navies
    

Commission of Richard Thomas Zarvona

The Commonwealth Of Virginia
To Richard Thomas Zarvona, Greeting:
Know you that from special trust and confidence reposed in your fidelity, courage and good conduct our governot in pursuance of the authority vested in him by an ordinance of the convention of the State of Virginia doth commission you a colonel in the active volunteer forces of the State to rank as such from the 1st day of July, 1861.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name as governor and caused the seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed this 2nd day of July, 1861.
John Letcher.

Item information from the New England Historical Genealogy Society (NEHGS)

Title: Appointment of Richard Thomas Zarvona as Colonel of the Virginia Active Volunteer Forces by John Letcher
Date: 1861 July 2
Physical Description: 1 ADS (1 page); 32 x 28 cm.
Description: Appointment of Richard Thomas Zarvona as Colonel of the Virginia Active Volunteer Forces by John Letcher. This appointment was handwritten on vellum, and includes an embossed seal.
Notes: Digitization funded by a grant from the Cabot Family Charitable Trust.; Blank pages have not been scanned.; This oversized document was originally stored in Box 4, Folder 40.
Languages: English
Access: Open access
Rights: This item is in the public domain. There are no known restrictions on the use of this image.
Subject (Names): Confederate States of America. Army — Appointments and retirements
United States. Army — Appointments and retirements
Zarvona, Richard Thomas
Letcher, John, 1813-1884
Subject (Topics): Military appointments
Subject (Places): United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865
Genre: Military records
Call Number: Mss 40
Collection Name: Charles Carleton Coffin papers, 1861-1890
Collection Series: Sub-group II. Civil War Papers, Series A. Military, Sub-series 1. Appointments
Physical Location: Folder 198
Preferred Citation: Charles Carleton Coffin Papers, Mss 40, R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, online at DigitalCollections.AmericanAncestors.org.
Repository: R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society
Link to Library Catalog: http://library.nehgs.org/record=b1056264
Digital Collection: Civil War Manuscripts (NEHGS)
Archival File Name: Mss0040-fol198-img001.tif

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