Abraham Lincoln said...

Your having shown me Mr. Davis's letter to you of the 12th instant, you may say to him that I have constantly been, am n...

But there is a task yet before us---to go forward and consummate by the votes of the States that which Congress so nobly...

while I can not order as within requested, allow me to say that it is my wish for you to relieve the people from all bur...

The Provost-Marshal-General is ordered to make the draft in the respective districts as speedily as the same can be done...