Abraham Lincoln actually said...

Regulations will be prepared by the War Department and presented to the President with the object of securing the promotion of officers of t...

No officer shall be restored to his rank unless by the judgment of a court of inquiry, to be approved by the President, he shall establish t...

All leaves of absence and furloughs, by whomsoever given, unless by the War Department, are revoked and absolutely annulled.

Any officer or private whose health permits him to visit watering places or places of amusement, or to make social visits or walk about the ...