Abraham Lincoln said...

The pending call is not for three hundred thousand men subject to fair credits, but is for three hundred thousand remain...

of your military necessities you must judge and execute, but please do so in the spirit and with the purpose above indic...

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do issue this my proclamation, as r...

With deep gratitude to my countrymen for this mark of their confidence; with a distrust of my own ability to perform the...