Sold – Lincoln Appoints a Heroic War Veteran to a Diplomatic Post
The appointee would later be in charge of registering former slaves as voters in Savannah.
Henry S. Wetmore resigned a cadetship at West Point to join the Union Army and command the 9th Ohio Battery. The unit was on active service and participated in campaigns in the South, with Wetmore being cited for bravery in 1862. In April 1864 they went into garrison duty and Wetmore...
Henry S. Wetmore resigned a cadetship at West Point to join the Union Army and command the 9th Ohio Battery. The unit was on active service and participated in campaigns in the South, with Wetmore being cited for bravery in 1862. In April 1864 they went into garrison duty and Wetmore sought a more challenging assignment. Later that year, President Lincoln submitted Wetmore’s name to the U.S. Senate as Consul to Peru, and he was confirmed.
Document Signed as President, Washington, February 14, 1865, appointing Wetmore U.S. Consul to Peru, and requesting that the Peruvian government recognize and deal with him as such. The document is countersigned by Secretary of State William Seward.
After the war Wetmore was in charge of registering former slaves as voters in Savannah and then fought for fair treatment of Chinese laborers in Peru (whose conditions he had seen in person pursuant to this appointment).
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