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On the recordMarch 7, 1862
The Army and Navy cooperate in an immediate effort to capture the enemy's batteries upon the Potomac between Washington and the Chesapeake Bay.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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Executive Order—President's General War Order No. 3

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