886 Series I Volume XLVI-III Serial 97 - Appomattox Campaign Part III
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CAMDEN STATION, April 21, 1865.
(Received 1 a. m.)
Honorable EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
Just arrived all safe. Governor Bradford and suite and General E. B. Tyler joined at Annapolis Junction.
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
BALTIMORE, April 21, 1865.
(received 3.50 p. m.)
Honorable R. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
Ceremonies very in moving. Dense crowd lined the streets; chiefly laboring classes, white and black. Perfect order throughout. Many men and women in tears. Arrangements admirable. Start for Harrisburg at 3 p. m.
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HARRISBURG, April 21, 1865.
Honorable E. M. STANTON,
Secretary of War:
Arrived here safely. Everything goes on well. At York a committee of ladies brought a superb wreath and laid it on the coffin in the car.
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
GENERAL ORDERS,
HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST.
Numbers 31. New York City, April 21, 1865.I. The major-general commanding, having, in obedience to the instructions of the War Department, conferred with the governor of the State in respect to the reception of the remains of the late lamented President of the United States, hereby announces that the public honors to be paid to them in this city will be in conformity to arrangements in progress, under the direction of the common council, the details of which will be hereafter published.
II. The military ceremonies will be conducted by Major-General Stanford, commanding the First Division of New York National Guards, under whose orders the Seventh Regiment will be designated as the escort and special guard to the remains while they are in this city.
III. All general and field officers in the service of the United States in this city are directed, and officers of the Navy of equivalent rank are requested, to report at these headquarters for the purpose of officiating as a guard of honor to the remains while at the City Hall.
IV. Major-General Robinson, U. S. Volunteers, will provide a proper escort at Albany and Buffalo, and will confer with General John F.
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