Abraham Lincoln actually said...

It has seemed to me fit and proper that they should be solemnly, reverently, and gratefully acknowledged, as with one heart and one voice, b...

I do therefore invite my fellow-citizens in every part of the United States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in f...

Ordered by the President of the United States, That Major-General Hooker be, and he is hereby, authorized to take military posession of all ...

the blockade of the said port of Alexandria shall so far cease and determine from and after this date