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they remain in your command. The ceremonies and public honors to be paid them while in your command will be in conformity with the directions of the executive of the State, to whom you will report.

Acknowledge receipt.

By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,

April 19, 1865.

His Excellency Governoar CURTIN, Harrisburg, Pa.:

The inclosed order has been sent to General Cadwalader, who will report to you:

Major-General CADWALADER,

Commanding Department of Pennsylvania, Philadelphis, Pa.:

You will meet the remains of the late President Abraham Lincoln upon their entry within your lines and escort them to Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, keeping guard over them, under of this Department, while they remain in your command. The ceremonies and public honors to be paid them while in your command will be in conformity with the directions of the executive of the State, to whom you will report. Acknowledge receipt.

By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,

April 19, 1865. (Sent 10.55 a. m.)

Major-General HOOKER,

Commanding Northern Department, Cincinati, Ohio:

You will meet the remains of the late President Abraham Lincoln upon their entry within your lines and escrot them to Springfield, the capital of Illinoes, keeping guard over them, under the orders of this Department, while they remain in your command. The ceremonies and public honors to be paid them while in your comamnd will be in conformity with the directions of the executive of the State, to whom you will report.

Acknowledge receipt.

By order of the Secretary of War:

E. D. TOWNSEND,

Assistant Adjutant-General.

WESTERN RAILROAD CORPORATION,

Springfield, Mass., April 19, 1865. (Received 10.30 a. m.)

Honorable GEORGE ASHMUN:

Cannot the funeral train pass through a portion of New England? Do me the favor of tendeing to the War Department for that purpose a train from New York to Albany via New Haven, Hartford, and Springfiled. In no portion of our common country do the people mourn in deeper grief in New England. This slight divergence will take in the route the capital of Connecticut and also important points in Massachusetts.

C. W. CHAPIN,

President.


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