No human power can subdue this rebellion without the use of the emancipation policy.
There is no program offered by any wing of the Democratic party but that must result in the permanent destruction of the...
And I hereby proclaim, order, and direct that immediately after the 5th day of September, 1864, being fifty days from th...
I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do issue this my call for 500,000 volunteers for the military servic...
To whom it may concern: Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and t...
Volunteers will be accepted under this call for one, two, or three years, as they may elect, and will be entitled to the...
I do hereby further invite and request the heads of the Executive Departments of this Government, together with all legi...
I do hereby appoint the first Thursday of August next to be observed by the people of the United States as a day of nati...
the public safety especially requires that the suspension of the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus, so proclaimed i...
I do therefore hereby require of the military officers in the said State that the privileges of the writ of habeas corpu...
I do hereby require and command as well all military officers as all civil officers and authorities existing or found wi...