Special Message
07/17/1868
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For these reasons, thus briefly and imperfectly stated, and for others, of which want of time forbids the enumeration, I...
As a mark of respect for his memory, it is ordered that the Executive Departments be immediately placed in mourning and ...
By direction of the President, Brigadier and Brevet Major-General Irvin McDowell is assigned to the command of the Depar...
I transmit herewith the report of the Secretary of State on the subject, with its accompanying papers.