Disappointed, he settled for a colonelcy in the Illinois militia. |
As to the colonelcy of the militia, the lord-lieutenant has my resignation. |
He graduated to the Colonelcy while in the service, and was brevetted as Brigadier General on his return home. |
On returning he was gazetted to the colonelcy of the 5th Dragoons. |
This colonelcy was an honorary title which he held by custom rather than by law. |
He had, in the meantime, been promoted to the colonelcy of his regiment. |