jun 19, 1865 - Juneteenth / General Order #3
Description:
It was on June 19th, 1865, that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed at Galveston, Texas with news that the war had ended and that the enslaved were now free. Note that this was two and a half years after President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation--which had become official January 1, 1863.Added to timeline:
Date:
jun 19, 1865
Now
~ 161 years ago