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The Commonwealth of Virginia,

To Benjamin S. Ewell, Greeting:

Know You, That from special trust and confidence reposed in your fidelity, courage, and good conduct, our GOVERNOR, in pursuance of the authority vested in him by an Ordinance of the Convention of the State of Virginia, doth commission you a

Major

in the ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FORCES of the State, to rank as such from the fourth day of May 1861.

In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name as Governor, and caused the Seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed, this 2nd day of May 1861.

John Letcher.

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Commonwealth of Virginia,

To Benjamin S. Ewell Greeting:

Know You, That from special trust and confidence reposed in your fidelity, courage, and good conduct, our GOVERNOR, in pursuance of the authority vested in him by an Ordinance of the Convention of the State of Virginia, doth commission you a

Colonel

in the ACTIVE VOLUNTEER FORCES of the State, to rank as such from the 27th day of June 1861.

In TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name as Governor, and caused the Seal of the Commonwealth to be affixed, this 27 day of June 1861.

John Letcher.