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Roxbury, Mass.......July 31, 1867 John H. Surratt, implicated in assassination of President Lincoln, is arrested in Alexandria, Egypt, and placed on the American vessel Swatara, Dec. 21, 1866; his trial begins June 10, 1867, in the criminal court for the District of Columbia; the jury, disagreeing, are dismissed......Aug. 10, 1867 E. M. Stanton, Secretary of War, refusing to resign at the request of the President, Aug. 5, is suspended, and General Grant appointed Secretary pro tem., Stanton submitting under protest......Aug. 12, 1867 Sheridan relieved of command in 5th Military District, and General Hancock appointed......Aug. 17, 1867 General Sickles succeeded by Gen. E. R. S. Canby as commander of 2d Military District......Aug. 26, 1867 Woman's suffrage campaign in Kansas conducted by Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and George Francis Train with the Hutchinson family of singers......September–October, 1867 General amnesty proclaimed by the P