on the 1st day of January, A. D. 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforw...
Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle.
Ordered, That the general-in-chief, Major-General Halleck, immediately commence, and proceed with all possible despatch;...
By direction of the President, all the clerks and employees of the civil Departments and all the employees on the public...
It often requires more courage to dare to do right than to fear to do wrong.
If the old regiments should not be filled up by volunteers before the 1st day of September, a special draft will be orde...
The draft for 300,000 militia called for by the President will be made on Wednesday, the 3d day of September, between th...
No citizen liable to be drafted into the militia shall be allowed to go to a foreign country.
The writ of habeas corpus is hereby suspended in respect to all persons so arrested and detained.
All marshals, deputy marshals, and military officers of the United States are directed to arrest and detain any person o...
Any person liable to draft who shall absent himself from his county or State before such draft is made will be arrested.