Episode 4 of 4

Lincoln Countermand

Name: Lincoln Countermand
Start: 1863-01-04
Location: Washington, D.C.

When: January 4, 1863
Where: Washington, D.C.
Part of: Event of 1862: General Order No. 11 issued by General Ulysses S. Grant, expelling all Jews from

President Lincoln responded by countermanding the order on January 4, 1863, after receiving a delegation from expelled Jewish merchants.

A group of Jewish merchants expelled from Paducah, led by Cesar Kaskel, sent a telegram to President Lincoln. Kaskel led a delegation to Washington, D.C., arriving on January 3, 1863. Lincoln received the delegation and studied Kaskel's copies of General Order No. 11. The President told General-in-Chief Henry Halleck to have Grant revoke General Order No. 11.

Sources

General Order No. 11 (1862) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-08

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