DS as president, one page, 15.5 x 19.5, May 12, 1888. President Cleveland appoints Wallace F. Randolph to the position of “Major in the Third Regiment of Artillery.” Neatly signed at the conclusion in black ink by Cleveland and countersigned by Secretary of War William C. Endicott . Randolph served in many battles of the Civil War and was brevetted Captain, June 1863, for "gallantry in the defense of Winchester, Virginia;” He was commissioned Brigadier General, United States Volunteers, May 1898 for the Spanish-American War and was mustered out of the volunteer service in November 1898. He died in Washington, D.C. in 1910 and was buried in Section 1 of Arlington National Cemetery. His grave site is unique in that over it stands an artillery piece as a memorial, the only such piece in the entire cemetery. According to published reports, shortly before his death he said that he had spent his entire life behind an artillery piece and wouldn't mind spending eternity under one. In fine condition, with storage folds, worn but intact seal and a few minor creases. R&R COA.
