<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardons_for_ex-Confederates" id="mwAQw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pardons for ex-Confederates">Pardons for ex-Confederates</a>: United States President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson" id="mwAQ0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Andrew Johnson">Andrew Johnson</a> grants an unconditional <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon" id="mwAQ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pardon">pardon</a> to all <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_Army" id="mwAQ8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate States Army">Confederate</a> veterans.<sup about="#mwt145" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-27"}}' id="cite_ref-27" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_25#cite_note-27" id="mwARA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 27;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwARE">[27]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-27"><cite about="#mwt142" class="citation book cs1" id="CITEREFRandallDonald1966">Randall, J.G.; Donald, David (1966). <i id="mwCUA">The Civil War and Reconstruction</i> (2nd<span id="mwCUE" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>ed.). D.C. Heath and Company. pp.<span id="mwCUI" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>560–561.</cite><span about="#mwt142" class="Z3988" id="mwCUM" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Civil+War+and+Reconstruction&amp;rft.pages=560-561&amp;rft.edition=2nd&amp;rft.pub=D.C.+Heath+and+Company&amp;rft.date=1966&amp;rft.aulast=Randall&amp;rft.aufirst=J.G.&amp;rft.au=Donald%2C+David&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+25"></span></span>