Special Message
02/12/1865
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With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us striv...
The pending call is not for three hundred thousand men subject to fair credits, but is for three hundred thousand remain...
the object of the war being to restore and maintain the blessings of peace and good government, I desire you to help, an...
Let nothing which is transpiring change, hinder, or delay your military movements or plans.