Abraham Lincoln said...

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

but whereas information has recently been received which affords reasonable grounds to expect that Her Britannic Majesty...

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

Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fort Monroe as soon as I come.