Second Corps to consist of three divisions, and to be commanded by Brigadier-General E. V. Sumner.
Fourth Corps to consist of three divisions, and to be commanded by Brigadier-General E. D. Keyes.
No more than two army corps (about 50,000 troops) of said Army of the Potomac shall be moved en route for a new base of operations until the...
That .this order be executed with such promptness and dispatch as not to delay the commencement of the operations already directed to be und...
The Army and Navy cooperate in an immediate effort to capture the enemy's batteries upon the Potomac between Washington and the Chesapeake B...
Ordered, 1. That the major-general commanding the Army of the Potomac proceed forthwith to organize that part of the said army destined to e...
I transmit herewith, for the constitutional action of the Senate thereon, a treaty concluded at Paola, Kans., on the 18th day of August.
In the annual message last December I thought fit to say 'the Union must be preserved, and hence all indispensable means must be employed.'
In the mere financial or pecuniary view any member of Congress with the census tables and Treasury reports before him can readily see for hi...
War has been made and continues to be an indispensable means to this end.
If the proposition contained in the resolution does not meet the approval of Congress and the country, there is the end; but if it does comm...
The United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid.
I earnestly beg the attention of Congress and the people to the subject.
I say 'initiation' because, in my judgment, gradual and not sudden emancipation is better for all.
As the 'journal' is an original document, pertaining to the archives of the Department of State, it is proper, when the Senate shall have ar...
I submit to the Senate, for its consideration, a copy of a message addressed to that body by my immediate predecessor on the 12th February, ...
Such being the general principles which govern the United States in their foreign relations, you may be assured, sir, that in all things thi...
But while the United States are thus a friend to all other nations, they do not seek to conceal the fact that they cherish especial sentimen...
