Partly-printed vellum DS as president, one page, 15.75 x 19.5, August 31, 1893. President Cleveland appoints Harry C. Egbert as "Lieutenant Colonel of Infantry in the service of the United States." Signed at the conclusion by Cleveland, and countersigned by Secretary of War Daniel S. Lamont. Dark blue War Office seal remains affixed to lower left. In fine condition. Egbert served as a captain in the Civil War and then became a colonel of the 22nd infantry in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. He attained the rank of brigadier general and, directed to the Philippines, was killed on March 26, 1899.
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