First Annual Message
12/02/1861
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It is impossible to concede what Vermont asks without coming out short of three hundred thousand men, or making other lo...
In order to supply the aforesaid deficiency and to provide for casualties in the military and naval service of the Unite...
My reason for so doing is that I am informed that this joint resolution was prepared during the last moments of the last...
With deep gratitude to my countrymen for this mark of their confidence; with a distrust of my own ability to perform the...