2023-03 HCA Auctions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/8/2023
Single sheet General Order No. 7, War Department, Washington, April 16, 1865, minor file holes in left margin. Issued "By Command of Lieutenant General Grant". In large part, "It is hereby announced to the Armies of the United States, that on Saturday, the 15th day of April , 1865, by reason of the death of Abraham Lincoln, the office of President of the United States devolved upon Andrew Johnson, Vice President, who on the same day took the official oath prescribed for the President and entered upon the duties of that office."
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