We must think anew, act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves from the past, and then we shall save our country.
In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free – honorable alike in what we give, and what we preserve.
The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we mu...
Ordered, That no arms ammunition, or munitions of war be cleared or allowed to be exported from the United States until ...
At this time of public distress, men may find enough to do in the service of God and their country without abandoning th...
The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavor to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier def...
The discipline and character of the national forces should not suffer nor the cause they defend be imperiled by the prof...
All such commanding officers are required promptly to obey such call, and to render the necessary service as far as may ...
Moreover, to authorize all such attorneys and marshals, whenever there may be reasonable ground to fear any forcible res...
Ordered by the President of the United States, That the Attorney-General be charged with the superintendence and directi...
The Attorney-General is authorized and required to give to the attorneys and marshals of the United States such instruct...
Ordered, second. That vessels and domestic produce from Norfolk, permitted by the military commandant at Fort Monroe for...
Ordered, first. That clearances issued by the Treasury Department for vessels or merchandise bound for the port of Norfo...
Ordered,That Brigadier-General Ellet report to Rear-Admiral Porter for instructions, and act under his direction until o...
The General in Chief is authorized, in his discretion, to issue an order substantially as the above forthwith, or so soo...
He and his company are very agreeable to me, and while it is deemed proper for any guard to remain, none would be more s...
I have therefore thought it proper to appoint, and I do hereby constitute, a provisional court, which shall be a court o...
And I do hereby authorize and empower the said judge to make and establish such rules and regulations as may be necessar...