Abraham Lincoln actually said...

"That a draft of 300,000 militia be immediately called into the service of the United States, to serve for nine months unless sooner discharged."

"Regulations will be prepared by the War Department and presented to the President with the object of securing the promotion of officers of the Army and Volunteers for meritorious and distinguished ser..."

"No officer shall be restored to his rank unless by the judgment of a court of inquiry, to be approved by the President, he shall establish that his absence was with good cause."

"All leaves of absence and furloughs, by whomsoever given, unless by the War Department, are revoked and absolutely annulled."