Abraham Lincoln actually said...

Under the call for three-years' volunteers 50,000 men will be accepted as raised and reported by the respective State governors.

It is believed that though this instrument contains no stipulation which may not be found in some subsisting treaty between the United State...

You are hereby appointed chief of construction and transportation in the Department of the Rappahannock, with the rank of colonel, and attac...

You are also authorized to take possession of and use all railroads, engines, cars, buildings, machinery, and appurtenances within the geogr...