I commend to the particular attention of Congress those parts of it which show that further legislation is desirable for the public welfare ...
Believing that no occasion could arise which would more fully correspond with the intention of the law or be more pregnant with happy influe...
These extracts show that President Lopez offered and expected to pay a large sum of money as a compromise of the claims.
I recommend the appropriation of the amount of the award of the referees.
I thank you, Mr. Train, for your kindness in presenting me with this truly elegant and highly creditable specimen of the handiwork of the me...
Move the remainder of the force down the Potomac, choosing a new base at Fortress Monroe, or anywhere between here and there, or, at all eve...
Leave Washington entirely secure.
It displays a perfection of workmanship which I really wish I had time to acknowledge in more fitting words.
Leave such force at Manassas Junction as shall make it entirely certain that the enemy shall not repossess himself of that position and line...
With this idea, gentlemen, I must leave you for my business duties.
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 11th instant, requesting 'a copy of any correspondence on the records or files of the...
That all the commanders of departments, after the receipt of this order by them, respectively report severally and directly to the Secretary...
Major-General McClellan having personally taken the field at the head of the Army of the Potomac, until otherwise ordered he is relieved fro...
Fourth Corps to consist of three divisions, and to be commanded by Brigadier-General E. D. Keyes.
A fifth army corps, to be commanded by Major-General N. P. Banks, will be formed from his own and General Shields's (late General Lander's) ...
The Army and Navy cooperate in an immediate effort to capture the enemy's batteries upon the Potomac between Washington and the Chesapeake B...
The forces left for the defense of Washington will be placed in command of Brigadier-General James S. Wadsworth, who shall also be military ...
Second Corps to consist of three divisions, and to be commanded by Brigadier-General E. V. Sumner.
