Executive Order
02/12/1865
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I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, in accordance with the recommendation of the Secretary of...
The Provost-Marshal-General is ordered to make the draft in the respective districts as speedily as the same can be done...
Say to the gentlemen I will meet them personally at Fortress Monroe as soon as I can get there.
I transmit herewith a communication from the Secretary of War, covering papers bearing on the arrest and imprisonment of...