Special Message
03/13/1862
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By direction of the President, all the clerks and employees of the civil Departments and all the employees on the public buildings in Washin...
It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.
The draft for 300,000 militia called for by the President will be made on Wednesday, the 3d day of September, between the hours of 9 a. m. a...
If the old regiments should not be filled up by volunteers before the 1st day of September, a special draft will be ordered for the deficien...