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On the recordAugust 25, 1867
Major-General P. H. Sheridan will at once turn over his present command to the officer next in rank to himself, and, proceeding without delay to Fort Leavenworth, Kans., will relieve Major-General Hancock of the command of the Department of the Missouri.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

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