Abraham Lincoln said...

The expediency of any legislation upon the subject is submitted for your consideration.

Now, therefore, in the name and by the authority of the President of the United States, I do hereby make known that a re...

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and d...

To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan, is our duty.