Abraham Lincoln said...

Say to the gentlemen I will meet them personally at Fortress Monroe as soon as I can get there.

It is impossible to concede what Vermont asks without coming out short of three hundred thousand men, or making other lo...

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...

of your military necessities you must judge and execute, but please do so in the spirit and with the purpose above indic...