Abraham Lincoln said...

Ordered, first. That at the hour of noon on the 14th day of April, 1865, Brevet Major-General Anderson will raise and pl...

the object of the war being to restore and maintain the blessings of peace and good government, I desire you to help, an...

Now, therefore, in the name and by the authority of the President of the United States, I do hereby make known that a re...

In answer to the Senate's resolution of the 6th instant, requesting the return of a certain joint resolution, I transmit...