On the recordMarch 26, 1865
Second. That the flag, when raised, be saluted by one hundred guns from Fort Sumter and by a national salute from every fort and rebel battery that fired upon Fort Sumter.
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Executive Order—Ordering the Raising of the Flag and Other Commemorations at Fort Sumter
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