Acc. 85- 95 (26)
U.S. War Department. General Orders, No. 194
War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Washington, June 27, 1863. By direction of the President, Major General Joseph Hooker is relieved from command of the Army of the Potomac, and Major General George G. Meade is appointed to the command of that Army...
1 page, 8vo. Signed by E.D. Townsend, Assitant Adjutant General. ISSUED ON BEHALF OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN, THIS IS THE FAMOUS DISMISSAL OF GENERAL HOOKER AND THE APPOINTMENT OF MEADE, WHO WAS TO BE THE GREAT VICTOR AT GETTYSBURG.