Meaning of colonelcy | Babel Free

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The rank or office of a colonel.

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“[U]nless Lieut Colonel Tyler [John Tyler Sr.] was provided for, The Major, Prentice [Samuel Prentiss II] advanced to a Lieut:Colonelcy in some other Regiment, and his eldest Captain ([James] Chapman) not deprived of his expectation of the Majority; his coming in there would give⟳ uneasiness, but nevertheless if it was the pleasure of Congress to make⟳ the appointment, he would do every thing in his power to make⟳ it palatible.”

“In the campaign of 1760, the general [De Soltikow], who had juſt obtained the colonelcy of the regiment of Wolfenbuttle, aſſembled a body of troops near Konimſthau; as the enemy did not enter⟳ Bohemia, as was expected, he repaired to the frontiers of Sileſia, failed in an attempt⟳ to ſurpriſe Neuſtadt, but actually cut⟳ off the Pruſſian regiment of Mantpeefel.”

“At the close⟳ of this year (1776) he [John Chester] was recommended for a colonelcy in the new Continental Army, but on account of the condition of his personal affairs he declined the appointment and retired to private life, to the great regret⟳, particularly, of General [George] Washington.”

“Did I tell⟳ you I've been given a colonelcy in the North Riding Volunteers?”

“Meanwhile, he witnessed the mad log-rolling for colonelcies. "I was perfectly sickened at the political wire pulling for all these commissions," he [Ulysses S. Grant] told Jesse [Root Grant]. Of the first six colonels [Governor of Illinois, Richard] Yates appointed, not one had any experience⟳, and only one was a West Pointer.”

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