Abraham Lincoln: “Such an issue would answer all the beneficial purposes of the bill, would save a considerable amount to the Treasury in…”

It is due to this officer to state that he was passed over in consequence of physical disability, this disability having occurred in the discharge of his duties; and prior to his misfortune he bore the reputation of an efficient and…

All dreaded it,--all sought to avert it.

All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war.

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do issue this my proclamation, as required by said act, ordering and requiting all deserters to return to their proper posts;