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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03327 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Promotion of James B. McPherson to Major General of Volunteers |
| Date | 16 March 1863 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Government document; Military document |
| Content Description | Official document promoting McPherson, signed by President Lincoln and countersigned by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton. Partially printed from an engraving, with blanks filled in by hand. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Union General President Lincoln's Cabinet Government and Civics |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Stanton, E. M. (Edwin McMasters) (1814-1869) McPherson, James Birdseye (1828-1864) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; The Presidency |
| 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 |