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THBJocular South Carolina Commission Lambasting the Confederacy
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LiveJun 22, 2018
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Partially printed commission headed, "The State of South Carolina," 10.75 x 8.25 in., completed in ink by federal soldiers during the Civil War. Commission text is also altered in ink by soldiers in a few spots to replace "United States" with "Confederate States." The resulting form, thus, facetiously commissions "Samuel B. Wheelock" as "Colonel of the First Regiment of Chivalry from the State of South Carolina."
On verso, a printed oath is given much the same treatment, with certain words omitted and added to make the oath somewhat ironic. The "edited" oath reads, in part, "I do solemnly Swear that I will [not] be faithful, and true allegiance bear, to the State of South Carolina, so long as I may continue a Citizen thereof, and that I am duly qualified, according to the Constitution of this State, to exercise the office to which I have been appointed, and that I will, [not] to the best of my abilities, discharge the duties thereof, and preserve, protect, and defend, the Constitution of this State, and of the
United[Confederate] States—So help meGod[Jeff Davis!]" The oath is signed by Samuel Brown Wheelock, dated January 10, 1865, and undersigned by a made up witness, "Great Mogul."Wheelock enlisted as a second lieutenant at Aquia Creek, VA, on June 12, 1863, and was commissioned into Company I of the New York 137th Infantry the same day. He was promoted to captain on September 24, 1863, and was wounded at Peach Tree Creek, GA in July of the following year. Wheelock ultimately mustered out on June 9, 1865, only five months after the date on the facetious commission featured here.
Form with some discoloration throughout, creasing (with adhesive repair on verso), and minor paper loss at bottom right corner. Ink inscriptions are clearly visible and legible.Condition
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