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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03178 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Directing Secretary of War to release records. On verso of ALS from Wm. Reid |
| Date | 5 October 1868 |
| Author | Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Intended to exonerate President Buchanan from the charge of colluding with Gen. David Twiggs in surrendering Federal posts in Texas. |
| Subjects | President Government and Civics Civil War Texas American West Surrender Union Forces Confederate States of America |
| People | Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) Buchanan, James (1791-1868) |
| Place written | Washington |
| Theme | Reconstruction; The Presidency; The American Civil War; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |