TREASURY DEPARTMENT,

_Washington, April 17, 1865_.

It is hereby ordered that, in honor to the memory of our late

illustrious Chief Magistrate, all officers and others subject to the

orders of the Secretary of the Treasury wear crape upon the left arm for

the period of six months.

H. McCULLOCH,

_Secretary of the Treasury_.

[From official records, War Department.]

GENERAL ORDERS, No. 69.

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