Title	Benjamin F. Cheatham's appointment
Description	Form appointing Benjamin F. Cheatham as second brigadier general is signed by Governor of Tennessee Isham G. Harris.
Historical note	Cheatham participated in most of the western theater battles, from Belmont against the untested Ulysses S. Grant in 1861 to the Battle of Nashville in 1864. He surrendered to General William Tecumseh Sherman after the Carolinas Campaign in North Carolina in 1865.
Date	1861 May 9
Creator	Tennessee. Office of the Adjutant General
Place	Nashville (Tenn.)
Collection name	Benjamin Franklin Cheatham Papers, 1834-1893
Collection finding aid	http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/cheatham-benjamin-franklin-papers-1834-1893
Accession number	201
Subjects - LCSH	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Confederate States of America; Confederate States of America -- Army; Cheatham, Benjamin Franklin, 1820-1886; Harris, Isham G. (Isham Green), 1818-1897; Provisional Army of Tennessee
Owning institution	Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#	35023
Microfilm number	751
Digital type	TEXT
Digital format	Image/jpeg
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