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Interview Between the President and General McClellan and Other Officers During a Visit to the Army of the Potomac at...

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Apr 11, 1865

If the end brings me out all right, what is said against me won't amount to anything.

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Mar 16, 1865

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and direct that all persons detected in that nefarious traffic shall be arrested and tried by court-martial at the nearest…

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Apr 11, 1865

Unlike a case of war between independent nations, there is no organized organ for us to treat with,--no one man has authority to give up the rebellion for any other man.

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Mar 3, 1865

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

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