Historical Newspaper: Major General Gordon Granger in Command of all the Troops in Texas.
Subject
Juneteenth
Title
Historical Newspaper: Major General Gordon Granger in Command of all the Troops in Texas.
Date
07/01/1865
Type
Historical Newspaper
Description
Note: 6th column, center.
Chronicling America features an 1865 New York Herald newspaper article, written by an unknown author, that provides an account of the arrival of General Gordon Granger--a white, Union general responsible for occupying Galveston, Texas, and declaring freedom for the enslaved individuals in the city, which would become known as "Juneteenth," Freedom Day, or Jubilee Day--in Galveston, Texas, and his delivery of General Order No. 1, which granted Gordon control of all the troops in Texas.
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Chronicling America features an 1865 New York Herald newspaper article, written by an unknown author, that provides an account of the arrival of General Gordon Granger--a white, Union general responsible for occupying Galveston, Texas, and declaring freedom for the enslaved individuals in the city, which would become known as "Juneteenth," Freedom Day, or Jubilee Day--in Galveston, Texas, and his delivery of General Order No. 1, which granted Gordon control of all the troops in Texas.
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Publisher
Chronicling America - Library of Congress (The New York Herald, NY)
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“Historical Newspaper: Major General Gordon Granger in Command of all the Troops in Texas.,” Project Reconstruction, accessed May 14, 2024, https://projectreconstructionus.com/items/show/32.