Abraham Lincoln said...

Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fort Monroe as soon as I come.

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

He could not but congratulate all present, himself, the country and the whole world upon this great moral victory.

He disclaims all right of the Executive to interfere in any way in the matter of canvassing or counting electoral votes.