Abraham Lincoln actually said...

I most cordially recommend that Captain John Rodgers, United States Navy, receive a vote of thanks from Congress for the eminent skill and g...

For these, and especially for the improved condition of our national affairs, our renewed and profoundest gratitude to God is due.

Questions of great intricacy and importance have arisen out of the blockade and other belligerent operations between the Government and seve...

a full pardon is hereby granted to them and each of them, with restoration of all rights of property, except as to slaves and in property ca...