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Civil War American National Cemeteries
Impressed with a measureless national loss, the board at its next meeting following the assassination of the illustrious President, unanimously adopted the following testimonial of Michigan, and immediately thereafter adjourned in further token of respect:
" Whereas, In the mysterious Providence of God, Abraham Lincoln, late President of the United States, in the full tide of trust and power, has fallen by the hand of an assassin;
" And whereas, The National Cemetery committed to our trust, was by the presence and participation of President Lincoln, consecrated to the enduring memory of the heroes who here fell in the defense of the Union, it seems befitting that this occasion of our first meeting following that tragic event, should give some expression of the irreparable loss sustained by the nation; therefore
"Resolved,
National Cemeteries of the Civil War
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