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April 16, 1865: U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton and Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant Inform the Union Army About President Lincoln’s Assassination and the Proper Procedures for Mourning the Commander-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States
General Orders, No. 66 War Department, Adjutant-General’s Office Washington, April 16, 1865 The following order of the Secretary of War announces to the Armies of the United States the untimely and…
