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Andrew Johnson Orders Documents Re Gen. Sheridan & the Rebel States

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Andrew Johnson Orders Documents Re Gen. Sheridan & the Rebel States
Andrew Johnson Orders Documents Re Gen. Sheridan & the Rebel States (1808-75) 17th President of the United States (1965-69). Document signed as President, 1 page plus integral leaf, 10 x 7¾", Washington, D.C., May 9, 1867. Headed "Executive Mansion" the document reads: "The Secretary of War will please furnish the President with copies of all orders issued or instructions given to General Sheridan, relating to the discharge of his duties since his assignment to the command of the Fifth District, created by an act entitled 'An Act to provide for the more efficient government of the Rebel States'." On the verso of the integral leaf, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton wrote, "Referred to General Grant for Report." Fine condition.

The Act to which Johnson refers, was part of the "Reconstruction Laws" passed by Congress, by which the former "rebel states" were divided into five districts which were subject to the military authority of the United States. The Fifth District, commanded by General Sheridan, was comprised of Louisiana and Texas. On March 27, 1867, Sheridan removed from office Judge E. Abell, of the Criminal Court of New Orleans, Andrew S. Herron, Attorney-General of the State of Louisiana, and John T. Monroe, Mayor of the City of New Orleans, because they had done nothing to punish the perpetrators and, in fact, were themselves perpetrators of a riot in New Orleans on July 30, 1866, during which numerous "colored" men were beaten and murdered. President Johnson and General Sheridan feuded for months over Sheridan's implementation of the Reconstruction Laws and in 1867, despite the urgent pleas of General Grant to the contrary, President Johnson removed Sheridan from the Fifth District to Missouri. This order is a prelude to Johnson's removal of Sheridan.
Estimated Value $1,800 - 2,200.

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