Abraham Lincoln said...

The expediency of any legislation upon the subject is submitted for your consideration.

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and d...

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

I do hereby notify them that all deserters who shall, within sixty days from the date of this proclamation, viz, on or b...