POLK JAMES K Partly printed vellum Document Signed as Presid

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POLK, JAMES K. Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, as President, military commission appointing Oscar F. Winship Assistant Adjutant General. Countersigned by Secretary of War William L. Marcy. 17 1/2x13 1/2 inches; folds, faint scattered staining, docketing at upper left recto, paper seal intact, bold signatures. Washington, 8 July 1846

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Oscar Fingal Winship (1817-1855) served in the Mexican-American War as Assistant Adjutant-General in the brigades of Generals Pillow and Pierce having fought in the battles of Palo Alto, Resaca-de-la-Palma, and Contreras. Winship continued to serve after the War but died from the effects of an illness that developed rapidly after participating in the Sioux Expedition under General Harney.