Abraham Lincoln said...

Ordered, first. That at the hour of noon on the 14th day of April, 1865, Brevet Major-General Anderson will raise and pl...

but whereas information has recently been received which affords reasonable grounds to expect that Her Britannic Majesty...

of your military necessities you must judge and execute, but please do so in the spirit and with the purpose above indic...

the object of the war being to restore and maintain the blessings of peace and good government, I desire you to help, an...