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| | Handbook of Texas Online: |
 | | Gordon Granger, Union commander of the Department of Texas from June 19 to August 6, 1865, the son of Gaius and Catherine Granger, was born in Joy, Wayne County, New York, on November 6, 1822. |
 | | Granger was given command of the Department of Texas on June 10, 1865, by Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, |
 | | Granger also declared that laws passed by the Confederate government were void, that Confederate soldiers were paroled, that all persons having public property, including cotton, should turn it in to the United States Army, and that all privately owned cotton was to be turned in to the army for compensation. |
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