Abraham Lincoln actually said...

The only excuses allowed for the absence of officers or privates after the 11th day of August are: First. The order or leave of the War Depa...

All officers and privates fit for duty absent at that time will be regarded as absent without cause, their pay will be stopped, and they dis...

Any officer or private whose health permits him to visit watering places or places of amusement, or to make social visits or walk about the ...

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