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On the recordJanuary 11, 1864
I have the honor to transmit a communication from the Secretary of War, accompanied by reports from the General in Chief of the Army and the Commissary-General of Prisoners relative to the subject-matter of the resolution.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois

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