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On the recordAugust 25, 1867
Brevet Major-General Edward R. S. Canby is hereby assigned to the command of the Second Military District, created by the act of Congress of March 2, 1867, and of the Military Department of the South, embracing the States of North Carolina and South Carolina.
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Andrew Johnson
Democratic · Tennessee

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