Charles H. Grosvenor Certificates

              In the Name and by the Authority 
OF THE STATE OF OHIO 
WILLIAM DENNISON, 
GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF SAID STATE 
To Charles H. Grosvenor Greeting: 
It appearing to me that, on the 30th day of July, 1861, you were duly 
appointed 	Major, 		18th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Militia, organized and 
mustered into the service of the United States. 
under Proclamation of the President dated May 8th 1861 
Now Know You, That, by the powers vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of said State, and 
reposing special trust and confidence in your patriotism, valor, fidelity and ability, I do by these presents 
COMMISSION you as	Major		as aforesaid, for the term of THREE YEARS, 
unless sooner discharged, upon condition that you uniform within the time limited by law, and take the oath, 
or affirmation, enclosed hereon, within ten days from reciept hereof, sending a certificate thereof to General Head 
Quarters; and I do hereby authorize and require you to discharge all and singular, the duties and services 
appertaining to your said office, agreeably to law and general regulations, and to obey such orders and instructions 
as you shall from time to time, receive from your superior officers. 
[seal]			In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my name, and caused the Great Seal of the State Of 
Ohio to be affixed, at Columbus, the 30th day of July in the year 
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty=one and in the eighty=6th year 
of the Independence of the United States of America. 
W. Davison 
A. P. Russell, Secretary of State. 
C. P. [illegible], Adjutant General