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Executive Orders of President Abraham Lincoln
The President's Thanks to the Forces that Captured Fort Henry and Roanoke Island
February 18, 1862
The President, Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, returns thanks to
Brigadier-General Burnside and Flag-Officer Goldsborough, and to
Brigadier-General Grant and Flag-Officer Foote, and the land and naval forces
under their respective commands, for their gallant achievements in the capture
of Fort Henry and at Roanoke Island. While it will be no ordinary pleasure for
him to acknowledge and reward in a becoming manner the valor of the living, he
also recognizes his duty to pay fitting honor to the memory of the gallant dead.
The charge at Roanoke Island, like the bayonet charge at Mill Springs, proves
that the close grapple and sharp steel of loyal and patriotic soldiers must
always put rebels and traitors to flight.
The late achievements of the Navy show that the flag of the Union, once borne
in proud glory around the world by naval heroes, will soon again float over
every rebel city and stronghold, and that it shall forever be honored and
respected as the emblem of liberty and union in every land and upon every sea.
By order of the President:
Abraham Lincoln
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
GIDEON WELLES,
Secretary of the Navy.
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