Commander-in-Chief Abraham Lincoln, of the united States, replaces Major General Joseph Hooker, as commander of the compulsory Union Army of the Potomac, with Major General George G. Meade.
[restored 4/8/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Article II, Section 2 [Clause 1]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 177.