Title	Blank Confederate service oath
Description	Blank Confederate service oath form. The signing soldier would affirm to bear true faith and yield obedience to the Confederate States of America and observe the orders of the President of the Confederate States and of the officers appointed, according to the rules and articles of war. This form was printed in 1863.
Historical note	Requiring an oath of service was typical of both the confederate and federal armies.
Date	undated
Creator	Confederate States of America. War Department
Collection name	Claiborne Family Papers, 1846-1938
Collection finding aid	http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/claiborne-family-papers-1846-1938
Accession number	1994-031
Subjects - LCSH	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Oaths
Owning institution	Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#	35102
Microfilm number	1338
Digital type	TEXT
Digital format	Image/jpeg
Copyright	No copyright - United States: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
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