Lincoln, Abraham, Assassination. Nicbols, W.A.. Assistant Adjutant General. Broadside: General Orders No. 69. War Department, Washington. 17 April 1865. page, 12mo.
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Proclaiming that "by directions of the President. .. the War Department will be closed on ... the day of the funeral of the late President. Labor on that day will be suspended at all military posts ... flags will be kept at half-staff ... and at 12 ' o'clock, meridian, twenty-one gun salutes will be fired ... "
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