Abraham Lincoln said...

It is due to this officer to state that he was passed over in consequence of physical disability, this disability having...

of which all who shall at that time be entitled to act as members of that body are hereby required to take notice

To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan, is our duty.

I do hereby notify them that all deserters who shall, within sixty days from the date of this proclamation, viz, on or b...