These appointments are to continue during the pleasure of the President, not extending beyond the military occupation of...
I return thanks to our soldiers for the good services they have rendered, the energy they have shown, the hardships they...
May our children and children's children, for a thousand generations, continue to enjoy the benefits conferred upon us b...
Whereas it has become necessary to call into service not only volunteers, but also portions of the militia of the States...
the writ of habeas corpus is suspended in respect to all persons arrested, or who are now or hereafter during the rebell...
all rebels and insurgents, their aiders and abettors, within the United States, ... shall be subject to martial law and ...
My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.
on the 1st day of January, A. D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State the people whereof shall then be in r...
no slave escaping into any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia from any other State shall be delivered up or i...
the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States...
it is my purpose, upon the next meeting of Congress, to again recommend the adoption of a practical measure tendering pe...
all officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the f...
all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States, or who sh...
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
Ordered, That the general-in-chief, Major-General Halleck, immediately commence, and proceed with all possible despatch;...
By direction of the President, all the clerks and employees of the civil Departments and all the employees on the public...
It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.
The draft for 300,000 militia called for by the President will be made on Wednesday, the 3d day of September, between th...
