I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Louisiana (Mr.
I yield 15 seconds to the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr.
I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr.
I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr.
I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Tennessee (Mr.
I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from California (Mr.
The United States, whatever claim or pretense may have existed heretofore, are now, at least, entitled to claim and conc...
I am considering, and shall not fail to act when satisfied that action will be proper.
Now, therefore, in the name and by the authority of the President of the United States, I do hereby make known that a re...
Whereas for some time past evil-disposed persons have crossed the borders of the United States or entered their ports by...
Ordered, first. That at the hour of noon on the 14th day of April, 1865, Brevet Major-General Anderson will raise and pl...
Fourth. That the naval forces at Charleston and their commander on that station be invited to participate in the ceremon...
Second. That the flag, when raised, be saluted by one hundred guns from Fort Sumter and by a national salute from every ...
Third. That suitable ceremonies be had upon the occasion, under the direction of Major-General William T. Sherman, whose...
Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him personally.
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and d...
Provost-marshals and marshals of the United States will arrest and commit to military custody all such offenders as shal...
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do issue this my proclamation, as r...
