Executive Order
02/10/1862
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Be pleased to signify this to the respective Houses of Congress.
Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fort Monroe as soon as I come.
In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 13th ultimo, requesting information upon the present condition of...
the object of the war being to restore and maintain the blessings of peace and good government, I desire you to help, an...