Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"The term of one hundred days for which the National Guard of Ohio volunteered having expired, the President directs an official acknowledgment to be made of their patriotic and valuable services durin..."

"In whose hands are the destinies of nations."

"The Secretary of War will issue directions for the execution of this order."

"The national thanks are tendered by the President to Admiral Farragut and Major-General Canby for the skill and harmony with which the recent operations in Mobile Harbor and against Fort Powell, Fort ..."