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Printed Black Border Document, "Head-Quarters, Army of the Potomac General Orders No. 15", Dated "April 16th 1865", Announci...
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Printed Black Border Document, "Head-Quarters, Army of the Potomac General Orders No. 15", Dated "April 16th 1865", Announcing that "Official intelligence has been received of the death, by assassination, of the President of the United States", 4¾" X 6¼". "The President died at 7:22 on the morning of the 15th instant" Followed by a moving tribute to Lincoln and issued by "Geo. G. Meade, Major General Commanding". Pristine condition and very rare. Archivally mounted and framed.Auction Info
2008 November Signature Civil War Auction #6015 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
November, 2008
20th-21st
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