And I hereby enjoin upon the people so declared to be free to abstain from all violence, unless in necessary self-defens...
And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of ...
To the Senate and House of Representatives: I transmit, for the consideration of Congress, a report from the Secretary o...
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all, and it often comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible, ex...
The attempt was not an error, nor the failure other than accident.
The courage with which you in an open field maintained the contest against an intrenched foe and the consummate skill an...
I tender to you, officers and soldiers, the thanks of the nation.
The courage with which you, in an open field, maintained the contest against an intrenched foe, shows that you possess a...
I transmit a copy of a dispatch to the Secretary of State from Mr. Adams, United States minister at London, and of the c...
It is due to this officer to state that at the period of the passage of the law of December, 1861, he was and still is a...
The nomination of Captain Glendy is accordingly withdrawn.
I have in my possession three valuable swords, formerly the property of General David E. Twiggs, which I now place at th...
If they or any of them shall be by Congress disposed of in reward or compliment of military service, I think General But...
This is as full and complete a response to the resolution as it is in my power to make.
Anxious to not act with so much clemency as to encourage another outbreak on the one hand, nor with so much severity as ...
I transmit to the Senate, for its consideration with a view to ratification, a treaty between the United States and the ...
I have ordered the other thirty-nine to be executed on Friday, the 19th instant.
In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of the 17th of July last, requesting the communication of co...
