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PRINTED CIRCULAR SIGNED 1846
Signed: "WILLIAM LEARNED MARCY", SECRETARY OF WAR
APPOINTMENT TO WEST POINT – U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY
[Frink, Henry A.] [Conditional Appointment to the U. S.
Military Academy] [Washington, March 13th,
1846] Marcy, W. L., Secretary of War. 9-3/3 x 7-3/4 inches. 4 pages.
Printed and manuscript. - - - To
Persons Receiving Cadet Appointments, Qualifications for Admission,
Exercises – Studies – Examinations, &c., Extracts from the Regulations
of the Military Academy. Henry Alexander Frink of Connecticut. Pa. Cadet at the Military Academy from July
1, 1846 to April 3, 1847. Major, 11th
Pennsylvania infantry August 22, 1861.
Lt. Colonel, September 1, 1862.
Colonel, 186th Pennsylvania infantry May 30, 1864. Brevet General of Volunteers, October 4, 1865
for gallantry and meritorious service during the war; honorably mustered out
August 15, 1865. d. May 12, 1892. - Francis
B. Heitman's “Historical Register And Dictionary Of The U. S. Army,” v.1, p. 438.
Marcy's portrait
appeared on the U. S. $1000.00 Silver Certificate, issued between 1878 and
1891.
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