![]() ![]() The 13th Amendment, ratified in December 1865 officially abolished slavery in the United States.ģ. 3, informing the people of Texas that all enslaved people were now free. Major General Granger issued General Order No. However, while General Lee surrendered his Army to General Grant in April 1865, federal troops led by Major General Gordon Granger did not arrive in Galveston, Texas until 19 June 1865. Grant, ultimately leading to the end of the Civil War. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Although all enslaved people were declared free as of 1 January 1863 by President Lincoln in the Emancipation Proclamation, this “did not end slavery in the nation.” Trapped by the Federals near Appomattox Court House, Confederate General Robert E. The first Juneteenth celebration took place in Texas in 1866. HABIB/CAPT/CMC (MPE)/TEL: COM 70/DSN 287/EMAIL: Public Law 117-17 established 19 June as Juneteenth National Independence Day as a public holiday.Ģ. JONES/CIV/CMC (MPE)/TEL: COM 70/DSN 278/EMAIL: C. ![]() NARR/REF A IS PUBLIC LAW ON THE JUNETEENTH NATIONAL INDEPENDENCE DAY ACT//
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