I am very little inclined on any occasion to say anything unless I hope to produce some good by it.
I occupy a position that enables me to believe that these two gentlemen are not nearly so deep in the quarrel as some pr...
I believe he is a brave and able man, and I stand here, as justice requires me to do, to take upon myself what has been ...
If any State shall not by the 15th of August furnish its quota of the additional 300,000 volunteers authorized by law th...
Regulations will be prepared by the War Department and presented to the President with the object of securing the promot...
That a draft of 300,000 militia be immediately called into the service of the United States, to serve for nine months un...
No officer shall be restored to his rank unless by the judgment of a court of inquiry, to be approved by the President, ...
The only excuses allowed for the absence of officers or privates after the 11th day of August are: First. The order or l...
All officers and privates fit for duty absent at that time will be regarded as absent without cause, their pay will be s...
Any officer or private whose health permits him to visit watering places or places of amusement, or to make social visit...
All leaves of absence and furloughs, by whomsoever given, unless by the War Department, are revoked and absolutely annul...
I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim to and warn all persons within the contemplation ...
That military commanders within the States of Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisian...
That military and naval commanders shall employ as laborers within and from said States so many persons of African desce...
That as to both property and persons of African descent accounts shall be kept sufficiently accurate and in detail to sh...
that while property may be destroyed for proper military objects, none shall be destroyed in wantonness of malice.
It is the duty of all aliens residing in the United States to submit to and obey the laws and respect the authority of t...
But they can not be required to take an oath of allegiance to this Government, because it conflicts with the duty they o...
