Status - 40th Indiana - 4th Army Corps - 2nd Division - 2nd Brigade
The 4th Army Corps was ordered to New Orleans on the 16th. There was unrest in all areas of the south at this time as the post-slavery society sorted out, and Union troops were called upon to help in implementing Reconstruction policies.
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Union General Gordon Granger lands in Galveston, Texas and announces the liberation of the slaves to the people of Texas, an event now celebrated each year on June 19th as Juneteenth.
On June 29th, the accused conspirators in the assassination of President Lincoln were convicted and on the 30th, four of them were sentenced to death. Executions would be carried out one week later in Washington, D. C.
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John Baer - Home, Tippecanoe County, IN
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More Information:
- The Civil War Day by Day, John S. Bowman, Ed. p. 218. .
- Events: 1865
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