the object of the war being to restore and maintain the blessings of peace and good government, I desire you to help, and not hinder, every advance in that direction.
The expediency of any legislation on the subject is submitted for your consideration.
of your military necessities you must judge and execute, but please do so in the spirit and with the purpose above indic...
while I can not order as within requested, allow me to say that it is my wish for you to relieve the people from all bur...
Your having shown me Mr. Davis's letter to you of the 12th instant, you may say to him that I have constantly been, am n...
Induced by a dispatch from General Grant, I join you at Fort Monroe as soon as I come.
In answer to the resolution of the Senate of the 8th instant, requesting information concerning recent conversations or ...
Let nothing which is transpiring change, hinder, or delay your military movements or plans.
Allow the bearer, F. P. Blair, sr., to pass our lines, go South, and return.
Say to the gentlemen I will meet them personally at Fortress Monroe as soon as I can get there.
With deep gratitude to my countrymen for this mark of their confidence; with a distrust of my own ability to perform the...