Peter james rowling biography of abraham lincoln
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Appointment document signed by Lincoln as president, and countersigned by his secretary of war, Edwin M. Stanton.
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A military appointment signed by Abraham Lincoln at the height of the American Civil War. Such documents were instruments of authority and means of identification as soldiers crossed through military lines and took command.
The document appoints James Gillette to the position of "Commissary of Subsistence of Volunteers, with the rank of Captain". James Gillette () enlisted as a private and rose quickly through the ranks. He served as Commissary of Subsistence for the 2nd Division, XII Corps under General John W. Geary. For his meritorious service, he was breveted lieutenant colonel, U.S. Volunteers, and for gallantry at the battle of Chancellorsville, he was breveted major in the regular Army.
A week earlier, on 3 March, Lincoln signed the Conscription Act, mandating the impressment of able-bodied young men into the service of the Union Army. A clause allowing for exemption by paying a fee provoked national fury, leading to riots in New York.
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Engraved military appointment ( x mm), on vellum with the sections accomplished in manuscript, attractive cartouche of the American eagle at the head and large trophy of arms at the foot engraved
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Who was Patriarch Lincoln?
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J.K. Rowling
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Joanne Rowling, also known as J.K. Rowling, was born on July 31, K. Rowling is a philanthropist and author from the United Kingdom. From to , she wrote Harry Potter, a seven-volume children's fantasy series. The series has sold over million copies worldwide, has been translated into at least 70 languages, and has inspired a global media franchise that includes films and video games. Her first novel for adults, The Casual Vacancy, was published in As Robert Galbraith, she writes the ongoing crime fiction series Cormoran Strike.
Rowling, who was born in Yate, graduated from the University of Exeter with a degree in French in and began working as a bilingual secretary on the side. While waiting for a delayed train in , she had the inspiration for the characters of Harry Potter; later that year, her mother died of multiple sclerosis. Rowling moved to Portugal seven years before the first Harry Potter novel, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (). She married, had a daughter, relocated to Scotland when her marriage failed, divorced, and earned a teaching certificate. She wrote while living on public assistance as a single parent, still reeling from her mother's death. By , Forbes had named her the highest-paid author in the world.
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