John B. Cornell's Certificate of Honorable Service

Authors

Executive Mansion, Washington D.C.
Abraham Lincon

Files

Date Range

1860-1865

Materials/Description of item

A Certificate of Honorable Service from the U.S. Volunteer Service to "Corporal John B. Cornell 133d Regt." of the Ohio National Guard Volunteer Department. Issued in recognition of John B. Cornell's service in the Civil War, the printed form is signed by Abraham Lincoln and Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, dated December 15, 1864.

Keywords

Civil War, Abraham Lincoln, Ohio History

Disciplines

History | Military History | United States History

Notes on the item

"The term of one hundred days for which the National Guard of Ohio volunteered, having expired, the President directs an official acknowledgement to be made of their patriotic and valuable services during the recent campaigns. The terms of service of their enlistment was short, but distinguished by memorable events. In the Valley of the Shenandoah, on the Peninsula, in the Operations on the James River, around Petersburg and Richmond, in the Battle of Monocacy, and in the Intrenchments of Washington, and in other important service, the National Guard of Ohio performed with alacrity the duty of Patriotic Volunteers, for which they are entitled to, and are hereby tendered, through the Governor of their state, the national thanks." -- from certificate.

Recommended Citation

Executive Mansion, Washington D.C. and Lincon, Abraham, "John B. Cornell's Certificate of Honorable Service" (1864). The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection: Ephemera. 310.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/cornell_ephemera/310