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Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 Order for a military commission

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01975 Author/Creator: Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph document Date: 1 May 1865 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Written on War Dept. stationery, with "War Department" struck and substituting "Executive Chamber." Title taken from docket. A draft for the orders by which the Booth conspirators were given military trial. Written as Secretary of War.

Stanton, Edwin M. (Edwin McMasters), 1814-1869

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