First Annual Message
12/02/1861
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I herewith transmit to Congress a report, dated 1st instant, with the accompanying papers, received from the Secretary o...
The pending call is not for three hundred thousand men subject to fair credits, but is for three hundred thousand remain...
The Provost-Marshal-General is ordered to make the draft in the respective districts as speedily as the same can be done...
The expediency of any legislation upon the subject is submitted for your consideration.