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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Promotion of Edward O.C. Ord to Major General of Volunteers]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00792 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Printed document signed Date: 3 May 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : vellum : docket ; 49.5 x 37.9 cm. Order a Copy

Partially printed form from an engraving signed by President Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. With a docket signed by Adjutant General Lorenzo. Thomas indicating the commission was recorded on 3 May 1862 in "Volume 17. Page 77." With a blue seal intact.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869
Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883

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