Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"Any officer or private whose health permits him to visit watering places or places of amusement, or to make social visits or walk about the town, city, or neighborhood in which he may be, will be cons..."

"All officers and privates fit for duty absent at that time will be regarded as absent without cause, their pay will be stopped, and they dismissed from the service or treated as deserters unless resto..."

"The only excuses allowed for the absence of officers or privates after the 11th day of August are: First. The order or leave of the War Department. Second. Disability from wounds received in service. ..."

"All leaves of absence and furloughs, by whomsoever given, unless by the War Department, are revoked and absolutely annulled."