Whereas for some time past evil-disposed persons have crossed the borders of the United States or entered their ports by...
Now, therefore, in the name and by the authority of the President of the United States, I do hereby make known that a re...
Ordered, first. That at the hour of noon on the 14th day of April, 1865, Brevet Major-General Anderson will raise and pl...
Second. That the flag, when raised, be saluted by one hundred guns from Fort Sumter and by a national salute from every ...
Fourth. That the naval forces at Charleston and their commander on that station be invited to participate in the ceremon...
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...
I do hereby notify them that all deserters who shall, within sixty days from the date of this proclamation, viz, on or b...
Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do issue this my proclamation, as r...
In answer to the Senate's resolution of the 6th instant, requesting the return of a certain joint resolution, I transmit...
It is due to this officer to state that he was passed over in consequence of physical disability, this disability having...
but whereas information has recently been received which affords reasonable grounds to expect that Her Britannic Majesty...
the President directs that from and after this date the order above referred to requiring passports shall be modified, a...
Let us strive to deserve, as far as mortals may, the continued favor of Almighty God.
With malice toward none, with charity for all.
Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it...
