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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08091 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | Edict regarding Confederate prisoners |
| Date | 14 April 1865 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Additional authors | Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Granting amnesty to a group of Confederate prisoners provided they take the oath (one of the last official acts before his assassination), under Andrew Johnson, ES, 4/12/1865. |
| Subjects | President Pardon Government and Civics Confederate States of America Civil War Military History Oath Prisoner of War |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Johnson, Andrew (1808-1875) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency; Government & Politics |
| 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 |