Letter to A. G. Hodges
03/05/1864
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But that proclamation falls far short of what the amendment will be when fully consummated.
He wished the reunion of all the States perfected and so effected as to remove all causes of disturbance in the future;
The Provost-Marshal-General is ordered to make the draft in the respective districts as speedily as the same can be done...
In order to supply the aforesaid deficiency and to provide for casualties in the military and naval service of the Unite...