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GENERAL  ORDERS,  1  WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

>  Adjutant  General’s  Office, 

j  Washington,  July  25,  1862. 

1..  The  following  order  of  the  President  of  the  United  States 
communicates  information  of  the  death  of  ex-President  Martin 
Van  Burex : 

Washington,  July  25,  1862. 

The  President,  with  deep  regret,  announces  to  the  people  of  the 
United  States  the  decease,  at  Kinderhook,  New  York,  on  the  24th 
instant,  of  his  honored  predecessor,  Martin  Van  Buren. 

This  event  will  occasion  mourning  in  the  nation  for  the  loss  of 
a  citizen  and  a  public  servant  whose  memory  will  he  gratefully 
cherished.  Although  it  has  occurred  at  a  time  when  his  country 
is  afflicted  with  division  and  civil  war,  the  grief  of  his  patriotic 
friends  will  measurably  be  assuaged  by  the  consciousness  that, 
while  suffering  with  disease  and  seeing  his  end  approaching,  his 
prayers  were  for  the  restoration  of  the  authority  of  the  government 
of  which  he  had  been  the  head,  and  for  peace  and  good  will 
among  his  fellow-citizens. 

As  a  mark  of  respect  for  his  memory,  it  is  ordered  that  the 
Executive  Mansion  and  the  several  Executive  Departments, 
except  those  of  War  and  the  Navy,  be  immediately  placed  in 
moirrning,  and  all  business  be  suspended  during  to-morrow. 

It  is  further  ordered,  that  the  War  and  Navy  Departments 
cause  suitable  military  and  naval  honors  to  he  paid  on  this  occa¬ 
sion  to  the  memory  of  the  illustrious  dead. 

ABRAHAM  LINCOLN. 

11..  0n  the  day  after  the  receipt  of  this  order,  the  troops  will 
he  paraded  at  10  o’clock  a.  m.,  and  the  order  read  to  them.  The 
national  flag  will  be  displayed  at  half-staff.  At  dawn  of  day, 
thirteen  guns  will  be  fired,  and  afterwards,  at  intervals  of  thirty 
minutes  between  rising  and  setting  sun,  a  single  gun;  and  at  the 


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close  of  the  day,  a  national  salute  of  thirty-four  guns.  The 
officers  of  the  Army  will  wear  crape  on  the  left  arm  and  on  their 
swords,  and  the  colors  of  the  several  regiments  will  be  put  in 
mourning  for  the  period  of  six  months. 

By  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War: 

L.  THOMAS, 

Adjutant  General. 

Official: 


Assistant  Adjutant  General.