Colonial Campaigns Club (CCC)

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<i>By His Excellency, The Lord of Rhode Island, Colonel & Commander-in-Chief, British Armies in America</i>

To <font color="yellow"><b> Jerry Butley </font id="yellow"></b>, Major, commanding the

Regiment Mirbach, Hessian Contingent, Reserve Corps, British Army

To all who see these presents, greetings:

Reposing full confidence in your loyalty, courage and good conduct, and in recognition of the experience gained upon the field, I do hereby constitute and appoint you, during our pleasure, to exercise all rights and privileges pertaining to the rank of <font color="yellow"><b> Lieutenant Colonel </font id="yellow"></b>, taking such rank and precedence from the present day. You are, therefore, carefully and diligently to discharge all duties and responsibilities of such rank by exercising and well disciplining the inferior officers and men of the said regiment, and I do hereby command them to obey you as their <font color="yellow"><b> Lieutenant Colonel </font id="yellow"></b>, and you are to observe and follow all such orders and directions as you shall from time to time receive from me or your superior officers, according to law.

Given under My Hand and Seal at Philadelphia this Thirteenth day of May 1780 and the twentieth year of His Majesty's Reign,

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Congratulations.

Thank you for the honor. I have left a lot of fallen soldiers on the battlefields I have fought on. Some of them were even of the enemy.

Lt. Col. Jerry Butley
Regiment Mirbach

Congratulations Sir!

Way to go Jerry!

Congrats

Congrats to my Hessians here as well! [:)]