07/16/1862
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"I propose that you give three hearty cheers for Sheridan."
"If he had been a large man, there is no knowing what he would have done with them."
"I propose three cheers for General Grant, who knew to what use to put Sheridan; three cheers for all our noble commanders and the soldiers and sailors; three cheers for all people everywhere who cheer..."
"I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby appoint and set apart the last Thursday in November next as a day which I desire to be observed by all my fellow-citizens."