http://www.whitehousechristmascards.com/andrew-johnson-1865-1869/andrew-johnson/ Informative Resource for Christmas Cards and Messages sent by United States Presidents and other Biographical Information Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:45:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.whitehousechristmascards.com/andrew-johnson-1865-1869/andrew-johnson/comment-page-1/#comment-71534 Constance E Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:21:59 +0000 http://www.whitehousechristmascards.com/?p=643#comment-71534 I just couldn't believe that it took 100+ years for Robert E. Lee to receive his pardon and citizens benefits after the Civil War. I had to look into it further. Apparently Secretary of State William H. Seward had given Lee's application to a friend as a souvenir, and the State Department had pigeonholed the oath. More than a hundred years later, in 1970, an archivist at the National Archives discovered Lee's Amnesty Oath among State Department records. Hence the extremely posthoumous pardon. Talk about a case of government beauracracy and paperwork gone awry. Poor General Lee. I just couldn’t believe that it took 100+ years for Robert E. Lee to receive his pardon and citizens benefits after the Civil War. I had to look into it further. Apparently Secretary of State William H. Seward had given Lee’s application to a friend as a souvenir, and the State Department had pigeonholed the oath. More than a hundred years later, in 1970, an archivist at the National Archives discovered Lee’s Amnesty Oath among State Department records. Hence the extremely posthoumous pardon. Talk about a case of government beauracracy and paperwork gone awry. Poor General Lee.

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