Letter to William H. Herndon
03/05/1864
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Since the adjournment of the last session of Congress other errors of a kind similar to those which this resolution was ...
He wished the reunion of all the States perfected and so effected as to remove all causes of disturbance in the future;
He could not but congratulate all present, himself, the country and the whole world upon this great moral victory.
In order to supply the aforesaid deficiency and to provide for casualties in the military and naval service of the Unite...