Abraham Lincoln said...

the object of the war being to restore and maintain the blessings of peace and good government, I desire you to help, an...

Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith, let us, to the end, dare to do our duty as we understand it...

I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, ABRAHAM LINCOLN.

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