Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. General Orders, 19 July 1864
Call No.
Mss. C L
Content
Lincoln's proclamation, issued by the War Department, to suspend the writ of habeas corpus and establish martial law in Kentucky.
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