I return thanks to our soldiers for the good services they have rendered, the energy they have shown, the hardships they have endured, and the blood they have shed for this Union o...
May our children and children's children, for a thousand generations, continue to enjoy the benefits conferred upon us b...
Whereas it has become necessary to call into service not only volunteers, but also portions of the militia of the States...
all rebels and insurgents, their aiders and abettors, within the United States, ... shall be subject to martial law and ...
the writ of habeas corpus is suspended in respect to all persons arrested, or who are now or hereafter during the rebell...
all officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the f...
My concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right.
no slave escaping into any State, Territory, or the District of Columbia from any other State shall be delivered up or i...
it is my purpose, upon the next meeting of Congress, to again recommend the adoption of a practical measure tendering pe...
all slaves of persons who shall hereafter be engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States, or who sh...
the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States...