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(CONFEDERATE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE)

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(CONFEDERATE OATH OF ALLEGIANCE)
Partly-printed D.S., 1p. 8 1/2" x 3 1/2", Wythe County, Va., Nov. 6, 1865, an oath of allegiance for Robert G. Baldwin, a lieutenant in the 45th Virginia. In full: "I solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States, and the Laws made in pursuance thereof, as the Supreme Law of the land, any thing in the Constitution and Laws of the State of Virginia, or in the Ordinance of the Convention, which assembled at Richmond on the 13th February, 1861, to the contrary notwithstanding; and that I will uphold and defend the Government of Virginia, as vindicated and restored by the convention, which assembled at Wheeling, on the 11th day of June, 1861". Signed "R. G. Baldwin" and witnessed by "A. J. Huffard". Research shows Baldwin was in the 45th Virginia which was mostly recruited in Wythe County, Va. The regiment fought at Carnifax Ferry, Cloyd's Mountain, Third Winchester, and was mustered out of service in North Carolina in March, 1865. Very fine.