1 page, 10 1/4 x 13 3/4 in., light soil along old folds, framed to 13 7/8 x 18 in., not examined out of frame.

A partly printed document commissioning William Taylor as a captain in the 108th Indiana Militia (Minute Men of LaFayette, Tippecanoe County), a militia regiment mustered in for 1 week on 10 July 1863, raised to repulse the advancing Colonel Morgan and his raiders. who had crossed the Ohio River near Muackport on 8 July 1863. In response to the call for volunteers, over 65,000 men tnedered their service creating regiments 102 to 114. The 108th was composed of 710 men from Tippecanoe, Howard, Carroll, Montgomery, and Wayne counties. They traveled to Hamilton, Ohio, and proceeded to Cincinnati before returning to Indianapolis and mustering out on 18 July 1863.