Abraham Lincoln actually said...

I further proclaim that all volunteers received under this call, as well as all others not heretofore credited, shall be duly credited on and deducted from the quotas established for the next draft.

Context

Proclamation 107—Call for 300,000 Volunteers

10/16/1863

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