Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Abraham Lincoln to Governor Michael Hahn, March 15, 1864

EXECUTIVE MANSION,               
Washington, D.C., March 15, 1864.
His Excellency MICHAEL HAHN,
Governor of Louisiana:

Until further orders you are hereby invested with the powers exercised hitherto by the Military Governor of Louisiana.

Truly, yours,
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

Copy of commission of General Shepley and of instructions to him of June 3, 1862, sent in original of this to Governor Hahn March 16, 1864.

 E. D. T.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series III, Volume 4 (Serial No. 125), p. 182

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