He and his company are very agreeable to me, and while it is deemed proper for any guard to remain, none would be more satisfactory than Cap...
I have therefore thought it proper to appoint, and I do hereby constitute, a provisional court, which shall be a court of record, for the St...
And I do hereby authorize and empower the said judge to make and establish such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the exercise o...
These appointments are to continue during the pleasure of the President, not extending beyond the military occupation of the city of New Orl...
I return thanks to our soldiers for the good services they have rendered, the energy they have shown, the hardships they have endured, and t...
May our children and children's children, for a thousand generations, continue to enjoy the benefits conferred upon us by a united country, ...
Whereas it has become necessary to call into service not only volunteers, but also portions of the militia of the States by draft in order t...
all rebels and insurgents, their aiders and abettors, within the United States, ... shall be subject to martial law and liable to trial and ...
the writ of habeas corpus is suspended in respect to all persons arrested, or who are now or hereafter during the rebellion shall be impriso...
it is my purpose, upon the next meeting of Congress, to again recommend the adoption of a practical measure tendering pecuniary aid to the f...
all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States, or who shall in any way give ...
all officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the forces under their re...
no slave escaping into any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia from any other State shall be delivered up or in any way impeded or...
the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States and each of the Sta...
on the 1st day of January, A. D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the...
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; to organize an army...
