Andrew Johnson actually said...

I do furthermore authorize and empower Major-General George G. Meade, commander of the Military Division of the Atlantic, to employ the land and naval forces of the United States and the militia thereof to arrest and prevent the setting on foot and carrying on the expedition and enterprise aforesaid.

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Proclamation 155—Warning Against Participation in an Expedition Against North American Colonies of Great Britain

06/05/1866

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