Abraham Lincoln said...

In his own view, however, the two Houses of Congress, convened under the twelfth article of the Constitution, have compl...

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

I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, have considered it to be my duty to issue this my proclamation, decl...

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