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JuneteenthOn the 19th of June 1865, Union Major General Gordon Granger arrived on the island of Galveston to take command of more than 2,000 federal troops.
General Order No. 3Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas on the 19th of June 1865. He brought with him a handwritten document signed by Major F. W. Emery.
Gordon GrangerGordon Granger was born on the 6th of November 1821 in the small town of Joy, Wayne County, New York. His mother Catherine Taylor died on the 17th of April…