First Annual Message
12/02/1861
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No change of the base of operations of the Army of the Potomac shall be made without leaving in and about Washington such a force as shall l...
A fifth army corps, to be commanded by Major-General N. P. Banks, will be formed from his own and General Shields's (late General Lander's) ...
No more than two army corps (about 50,000 troops) of said Army of the Potomac shall be moved en route for a new base of operations until the...
I transmit herewith, for the constitutional action of the Senate thereon, a treaty concluded at Paola, Kans., on the 18th day of August.