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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00496.47 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1864 |
| Title | Appointment of Edward M. McCook to Brigadier General of Volunteers |
| Date | 30 April 1864 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Recipient | McCook, Edward |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Countersigned by Secretary of State Edwin M. Stanton. Docketed and signed at top by Assistant Adjutant General E.D. Townsend. McCook, who had been a member of the Kansas territorial House of Representatives, went on to become U.S. Minister to Hawaii and Governor of the Colorado Territory. |
| Subjects | President Civil War Military History Union Forces Union General |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Stanton, E. M. (Edwin McMasters) (1814-1869) McCook, Edward M. (Edward Moody) (1833-1909) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |