Subject: Executive orders

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New-York Tribune, January 5, 1863: Revocation of General Order No. 11 New-York Tribune, January 5, 1863: Revocation of General Order No. 11

Issue of the New-York Tribune newspaper from January 5, 1863, reporting on President Abraham Lincoln's revocation of General Ulysses S. Grant's General Order No. 11, which expelled Jews from military districts in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Mississippi. The newspaper details the events leading to the revocation, including the appeals from Jewish citizens and the President's instructions to countermand the order.