In issuing this proclamation I address myself not only to the governors of the several States, but also to the good and ...
I further proclaim that if any State shall fail to raise the quota assigned to it by the War Department under this call,...
It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged, as with one he...
No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked out these great things.
I do therefore invite my fellow-citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who...
And I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and bles...
the blockade of the said port of Alexandria shall so far cease and determine from and after this date
Ordered by the President of the United States, That Major-General Hooker be, and he is hereby, authorized to take milita...
The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the pu...
And I do hereby require all magistrates, attorneys, and other civil officers within the United States and all officers a...
I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim and make known to all whom it may concern that th...
Ordered, That the Executive order dated November 21, 1862, prohibiting the exportation from the United States of arms, a...
Ordered. That the Executive order of November 21, 1862, prohibiting the exportation of arms, ammunition, or munitions of...
I think the Constitution invests its commander-in-chief with the law of war in time of war.
I issued the proclamation on purpose to aid you in saving the Union.
I do not believe any compromise embracing the maintenance of the Union is now possible.
The proclamation, as law, either is valid or is not valid.
I freely acknowledge myself the servant of the people, according to the bond of service—the United States Constitution, ...
