Special Message
02/03/1863
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But there is a task yet before us---to go forward and consummate by the votes of the States that which Congress so nobly...
I transmit herewith the letter of the Secretary of War, with accompanying report of the Adjutant-General, in reply to th...
The Provost-Marshal-General is ordered to make the draft in the respective districts as speedily as the same can be done...
In order to supply the aforesaid deficiency and to provide for casualties in the military and naval service of the Unite...