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Tag Archives: Juneteenth
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As the American Civil War ended, federal troops took control of Galveston, Texas. On June 19, 1865 General Gordon Granger used a military order to announce that more than two years earlier President Abraham freed the slaves in Texas and … Continue reading
Posted in Aftermath, American Culture, Postbellum Politics, Postbellum Society, Reconstruction, Slavery, Southern Society
Tagged Francis Richard Lubbock, Galveston, Gordon Granger, John Bankhead Magruder, Juneteenth, Louis Hébert, Navasota Texas, Robert Ward Johnson, United States Military Telegraph Corps
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and the time Back on the day, I was absorbed in my own mini-liberation from almost-daily war posting. Here is General Gordon Granger’s June 19, 1865 order at Galveston Texas as the Unio army took control: General Order No. 3 … Continue reading
Posted in 150 Years Ago This Month, 150 Years Ago This Week, Aftermath, The election of 1860, Veterans
Tagged 1860 Election, 19th NY Volunteer Infantry, 3rd New York Volunteer Artillery, CSS Shenandoah, James Hewett Ledlie, James Iredell Waddell, John S. Clark, Juneteenth, Reuben Eaton Fenton
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