In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
[SEAL.]
ANDREW JOHNSON.
By the President:
W. HUNTER,
Acting Secretary of State.
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington City, May 27, 1865.
Ordered, That in all cases of sentences by military tribunals of imprisonment during the war the sentence be remitted and that the prisoners be discharged. The Adjutant-General will issue immediately the necessary instructions to carry this order into effect.
By order of the President of the United States:
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
Washington, D.C., May 31, 1865.
To-morrow, the 1st of June, being the day appointed for special humiliation and prayer in consequence of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States, the Executive Office and the various Departments will be closed during the day.