Abraham Lincoln actually said...

I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim to and warn all persons within the contemplation of said sixth sectio...

that while property may be destroyed for proper military objects, none shall be destroyed in wantonness of malice.

That military and naval commanders shall employ as laborers within and from said States so many persons of African descent as can be advanta...

That military commanders within the States of Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkans...