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Baylor discusses being conferred the "Colonelcy" of the 5th Va., and describes his feelings about the duty that lies before him.
Augusta County: William Smith Hanger Baylor to Mrs. Baylor, April 22, 1862 William Smith Hanger Baylor 1862
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“I pushed through your Colonelcy of the 5th Virginia Cavalry,” he declared in a June 23 letter to Rosser.
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008
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“I pushed through your Colonelcy of the 5th Virginia Cavalry,” he declared in a June 23 letter to Rosser.
Cavalryman of the Lost Cause Jeffry D. Wert 2008
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He had purchased his way to a Colonelcy, never having fought, always being the political soldier in the palaces and parliaments of power.
Sharpe's Enemy Cornwell, Bernard 1984
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Lieutenant Colonel, and on the 6th of May, 1864, he was promoted to the Colonelcy of his regiment.
History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert
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He could have had the command of the regiment but did not think that he knew enough about army administration, and it was due to Roosevelt that Leonard Wood received the Colonelcy.
A Treasury of Heroes and Heroines A Record of High Endeavour and Strange Adventure from 500 B.C. to 1920 A.D. Clayton Edwards
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There was considerable wrangling in the Fifteenth over the promotion to the Colonelcy.
History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert
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When permission was received for the organization of the First Ohio Artillery as a three years regiment, Mr. Hayward was tendered, and from a sheer sense of duty to the country accepted, the Lieutenant Colonelcy of the regiment.
Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men Maurice [Unknown role] Joblin
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Colonelcy to Captain Davis, and accepted the position of Lieutenant
History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert
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Colonelcy of his regiment at the time of his death.
History of Kershaw's Brigade D. Augustus Dickert
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