The Attorney-General is authorized and required to give to the attorneys and marshals of the United States such instruct...
Ordered by the President of the United States, That the Attorney-General be charged with the superintendence and directi...
Moreover, to authorize all such attorneys and marshals, whenever there may be reasonable ground to fear any forcible res...
Ordered, first. That clearances issued by the Treasury Department for vessels or merchandise bound for the port of Norfo...
Ordered, second. That vessels and domestic produce from Norfolk, permitted by the military commandant at Fort Monroe for...
Ordered,That Brigadier-General Ellet report to Rear-Admiral Porter for instructions, and act under his direction until o...
The General in Chief is authorized, in his discretion, to issue an order substantially as the above forthwith, or so soo...
He and his company are very agreeable to me, and while it is deemed proper for any guard to remain, none would be more s...
And I do hereby authorize and empower the said judge to make and establish such rules and regulations as may be necessar...
I have therefore thought it proper to appoint, and I do hereby constitute, a provisional court, which shall be a court o...
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 ...
all officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the f...
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...