Order of Rank Among Field Officers

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Type

Letter Signed

Description

Explains that the rule prescribes that for all field officers who served during the Revolutionary War the relative rank of those of equal grade will be assigned according to their relative rank at the close of that war.

Date

03/19/1800

Sent from

War Department

Document number

1800031900001

Page start

1

Notable persons

Alexander Hamilton
James McHenry

Notable locations

War Department