President’s War Order No. 2 (Reorganizing the Army of the Potomac)
March 8, 1862 On March 8, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued General War Order No. 2 directing Major General George B. McClellan to reorganize the Army of the Potomac into five corps. Executive Order – President's General War Order No. 2 March 8, 1862 Ordered, 1. That the major-general commanding the Army of the Potomac…
President’s War Order No. 3
March 11, 1862 Issued by President Abraham Lincoln on March 11, 1862, War Order Number 3, consolidated three western departments, including the Department of the Ohio, into the Department of the Mississippi, commanded by Major-General Henry Halleck. PRESIDENT'S WAR ORDER, NO. 3. Executive Mansion, Washington, March 11, 1862. Major-General McClellan, having personally taken the field,…
Presidential Proclamation 104
September 15, 1863 On September 15, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued Presidential Proclamation 104 suspending the writ of habeas corpus throughout the United States for persons resisting the draft or for any offense against the military. By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Whereas the Constitution of the United States has ordained…
Presidential Proclamation 108
December 8, 1863 On December 8, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued Presidential Proclamation 108 offering amnesty and the restoration of property (except slaves) to certain people who participated in the rebellion against the U.S., upon swearing their allegiance. By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Whereas in and by the Constitution of…
Presidential Proclamation 134
May 29, 1865 On May 29, 1865, President Andrew Johnson issued Presidential Proclamation 134 granting amnesty to Southern participants in the Civil War, with specified exceptions. By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Whereas the President of the United States, on the 8th day of December, A. D. 1863, and on…
Presidential Proclamation 148
December 1, 1865 On December 1, 1865, President Andrew Johnson issued Presidential Proclamation 148 revoking the suspension of the writ of habeas corpus in the U.S. except in specified states and territories. By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. WHEREAS, by the proclamation of the President of the United States, of…
Presidential Proclamation 153
April 2, 1866 On April 2, 1866, President Andrew Johnson issued Presidential Proclamation 153 declaring the the Civil War was over and that peace was restored in all areas of the U.S. except the Texas. By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Whereas by proclamations of the 15th and 19th of…
Presidential Proclamation 157
August 20, 1866 On August 20, 1866, U.S. President Andrew Johnson issued Presidential Proclamation 157 declaring that the Civil War was "at an end and that peace, order, tranquillity, and civil authority now exist in and throughout the whole of the United States of America." By the President of the United States of America A…
Presidential Proclamation 80
April 15, 1861 On April 15, 1861, the day after the fall of Fort Sumter, President Abraham Lincoln issued a call for 75,000 militia from the states still aligned with the Union to quell the rebellion by states that had seceded. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A Proclamation. Whereas the laws…
Presidential Proclamation 90
May 19, 1862 On May 19, 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued a presidential proclamation revoking David Hunter's general order freeing the slaves in Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Whereas there appears in the public prints what purports to be a proclamation of Major-General Hunter, in…