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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 ( 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.
1903, Franklin Bowditch Dexter, “Sketches, Class of 1766”, in Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History, volumes III (May, 1763 – July, 1778), New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 178:
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 Washington.
Did I tell you I've been given a colonelcy in the North Riding Volunteers?
2014, William C Davis, “‘What has Become of Gen. Lee?’—‘Who is General Grant?’”, in Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee: The War They Fought, the Peace They Forged, Boston, Mass.: Da Capo Press, →ISBN, page 128:
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.
