Special Message
02/27/1865
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Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fort Monroe as soon as I come.
The expediency of any legislation on the subject is submitted for your consideration.
The Department buildings will be illuminated on the night of Washington's birthday, in honor of the recent triumphs of t...
I herewith transmit to Congress a report, dated 1st instant, with the accompanying papers, received from the Secretary o...