the writ of habeas corpus is suspended in respect to all persons arrested, or who are now or hereafter during the rebell...
all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States, or who sh...
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...
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...
the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States...
no slave escaping into any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia from any other State shall be delivered up or i...
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.
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.
If the old regiments should not be filled up by volunteers before the 1st day of September, a special draft will be orde...
The draft for 300,000 militia called for by the President will be made on Wednesday, the 3d day of September, between th...
No citizen liable to be drafted into the militia shall be allowed to go to a foreign country.
All marshals, deputy marshals, and military officers of the United States are directed to arrest and detain any person o...
Any person liable to draft who shall absent himself from his county or State before such draft is made will be arrested.
The writ of habeas corpus is hereby suspended in respect to all persons so arrested and detained.
