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To all whom these presents may concern: Whereas for some time past evil-disposed persons have crossed the borders of the United States or entered their ports by sea from countries where they are tolerated, and have committed capital felonies against the property and life of Ameri...
Abraham Lincoln GENERAL ORDERS, No. 50. WAR DEPARTMENT ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE Ordered , first. That at the hour of noon on the 14th day of April, 1865, Brevet Major-General Anderson will raise and plant upon the ruins of Fort Sumter, in Charleston Harbor, the same United States flag which flo...
Abraham Lincoln DEPARTMENT OF STATE The President directs that all persons who now are or hereafter shall be found within the United States who have been engaged in holding intercourse or trade with the insurgents by sea, if they are citizens of the United States or domiciled aliens, shall be ar...
Abraham Lincoln DEPARTMENT OF STATE Whereas, pursuant to the order of the President of the United States, directions were issued from this Department, under date of the 17th of December, 1864, requiring passports from all travelers entering the United States, except immigrant passengers directly...
Abraham Lincoln DEPARTMENT OF STATE The Department buildings will be illuminated on the night of Washington's birthday, in honor of the recent triumphs of the Union. By order of the President: WILLIAM H. SEWARD.
Abraham Lincoln To the Military Officers Commanding in West Tennessee: 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 burdens, harassments and oppressions so far as is possible consistently with your military necessities; that...
Abraham Lincoln Whereas complaints are made in some localities respecting the assignments of quotas and credits allowed for the pending call of troops to fill up the armies: Now, in order to determine all controversies in respect thereto and to avoid any delay in filling up the armies, it is ord...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered , That no clearances for the exportation of hay from the United States be granted until further orders, unless the same shall have been placed on shipboard before the publication hereof. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Abraham Lincoln By the authority conferred upon the President of the United States by the second section of the act of Congress approved July 2, 1864, entitled "An act to amend an act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean," etc.,...
Abraham Lincoln DEPARTMENT OF STATE The President directs that, except immigrant passengers directly entering an American port by sea, henceforth no traveler shall be allowed to enter the United States from a foreign country without a passport. If a citizen, the passport must be from this Depart...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered, first. That Major-General William F. Smith and the Hon. Henry Stanbery be, and they are hereby, appointed special commissioners to investigate and report, for the information of the President, upon the civil and military administration in the military division bordering ...
Abraham Lincoln A war steamer, called the Funayma Solace, having been built in this country for the Japanese Government and at the instance of that Government, it is deemed to comport with the public interest, in view of the unsettled condition of the relations of the United States with that Emp...
Abraham Lincoln GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 282. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington , November 14, 1864. Ordered by the President, I. That the resignation of George B. McClellan as major-general in the United States Army, dated November 8 and received by the Adjutant-General on the 10...
Abraham Lincoln The Japanese Government having caused the construction at New York of a vessel of war called the Fusigama , and application having been made for the clearance of the same, in order that it may proceed to Japan, it is ordered, in view of the state of affairs in that country, and o...
Abraham Lincoln The term of one hundred days for which volunteers from the States of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin volunteered, under the call of their respective governors, in the months of May and June, to aid in the campaign of General Sherman, having expired, the President directs a...
Abraham Lincoln I. Congress having authorized the purchase for the United States of the product of States declared in insurrection, and the Secretary of the Treasury having designated New Orleans, Memphis, Nashville, Pensacola, Port Royal, Beaufort, N. C., and Norfolk as places of purchase, and ...
Abraham Lincoln The term of one hundred days for which the National Guard of Ohio volunteered having expired, the President directs an official acknowledgment to be made of their patriotic and valuable services during the recent campaigns. The term of service of their enlistment was short, but d...
Abraham Lincoln The national thanks are tendered by the President to Major-General William T. Sherman and the gallant officers and soldiers of his command before Atlanta for the distinguished ability, courage, and perseverance displayed in the campaign in Georgia, which, under divine favor, has ...
Abraham Lincoln The national thanks are tendered by the President to Admiral Farragut and Major-General Canby for the skill and harmony with which the recent operations in Mobile Harbor and against Fort Powell, Fort Gaines, and Fort Morgan were planned and carried into execution; also to Admiral...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered , first. That on Monday, the 5th day of September, commencing at the hour of 12 o'clock noon, there shall be given a salute of 100 guns at the arsenal and navy-yard at Washington, and on Tuesday, the 6th of September, or on the day after the receipt of this order, at each...
Abraham Lincoln Any person or persons engaged in bringing out cotton, in strict conformity with authority given by W. P. Fessenden, Secretary of the United States Treasury, must not be hindered by the War, Navy, or any other Department of the Government or any person engaged under any of said De...
Abraham Lincoln To whom it may concern: Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery, and which comes by and with an authority that can control the armies now at war against the United States, will be received and consi...
Abraham Lincoln Major-General John A. Dix, Commanding at New York: Whereas there has been wickedly and traitorously printed and published this morning in the New York World and New York Journal of Commerce, newspapers printed and published in the city of New York, a false and spurious proclamati...
Abraham Lincoln To the Friends of the Union and Liberty: Enough is known of the army operations within the last five days to claim our especial gratitude to God, while what remains undone demands our most sincere prayers to and reliance upon Him, without whom all human efforts are in vain. I rec...
Abraham Lincoln The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: I. The governors of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin offer to the President infantry troops for the approaching campaign as follows: Ohio--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30, 000...
Abraham Lincoln DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Indian Affairs, April 12, 1864 SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for your consideration, a copy of a letter from Agent Leach, in which he recommends that townships 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39 north, range 4 west, and townships 34, 37...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered, That the Executive order of September 4, 1863, in relation to the exportation of live stock from the United States, be so extended as to prohibit the exportation of all classes of salted provisions from any part of the United States to any foreign port, except that meats...
Abraham Lincoln In order to supply the force required to be drafted for the Navy and to provide an adequate reserve force for all contingencies, in addition to the 500,000 men called for February 1, 1864, a call is hereby made and a draft ordered for 200,000 men for the military service (Army, N...
Abraham Lincoln GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 98. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, WASHINGTON , March 12, 1864. The President of the United States orders as follows: I. Major-General H. W. Halleck is, at his own request, relieved from duty as General in Chief of the Army, and Lieutenant-General ...
Abraham Lincoln Under the authority of an act of Congress to revive the grade of lieutenant-general in the United States Army, approved February 29, 1864, Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant, United States Army, is assigned to the command of the armies of the United States. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Abraham Lincoln Whereas by an Executive order of the 10th of November last permission was given to export certain tobacco belonging to the French Government from insurgent territory, which tobacco was supposed to have been purchased and paid for prior to the 4th day of March, 1861; but whereas i...
Abraham Lincoln In pursuance of the provisions of section 14 of the act of Congress entitled "An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purpo...
Abraham Lincoln GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 76. WAR DEPARTMENT ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE SENTENCE OF DESERTERS. The President directs that the sentences of all deserters who have been condemned by court-martial to death, and that have not been otherwise acted upon by him, be mitigated to imprisonment du...
Abraham Lincoln Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON Secretary of War. SIR: You are directed to have a transport (either a steam or sailing vessel, as may be deemed proper by the Quartermaster-General) sent to the colored colony established by the United States at the island of Vache, on the coast of San Domin...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered , That a draft for 500,000 men, to serve for three years or during the war, be made on the 10th day of March next for the milltary service of the United States, crediting and deducting therefrom so many as may have been enlisted or drafted into the service prior to the 1s...
Abraham Lincoln I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States having seen and considered the additional regulations of trade prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury, and numbered LI, LII, LIII, LIV, LV, and LVI, do hereby approve the same; and I further declare and order that all proper...
Abraham Lincoln DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Office of Indian Affairs, January 14, 1864. SIR: My attention has been called by Superintendent Steck, of New Mexico, to the necessity of designating a tract of land in New Mexico 40 miles square, with Bosque Redondo as the center, as a reservation for...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT It is hereby ordered, That all orders and records relating to the Missouri troops, designated, respectively, as Missouri State Militia (M. S. M.) and as Enrolled Missouri Militia (E. M. M.), and which are or have been on file in the offices of the adjutant-generals...
Abraham Lincoln Information having been received that Caleb B. Smith, late Secretary of the Interior, has departed this life at his residence in Indiana, it is ordered that the executive buildings at the seat of the Government be draped in mourning for the period of fourteen days in honor of his...
Abraham Lincoln GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 398. WAR DEPARTMENT ADJUNTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE The following joint resolution by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States is published to the Army: JOINT RESOLUTION of thanks to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant and the officers and soldiers w...
Abraham Lincoln Reliable information being received that the insurgent force is retreating from east Tennessee under circumstances rendering it probable that the Union forces can not hereafter be dislodged from that important position, and exteeming this to be of high national consequence, I rec...
Abraham Lincoln In consideration of the peculiar circumstances and pursuant to the comity deemed to be due to friendly powers, any tobacco in the United States belonging to the government either of France, Austria, or any other state with which this country is at peace, and which tobacco was pur...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT, Ordered by the President of the United States , That Major-General Hooker be, and he is hereby, authorized to take military posession of all railroads, with their cars, locomotives, plants, and equipments, that may be necessary for the execution of the military op...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered , That the Executive order dated November 21, 1862, prohibiting the exportation from the United States of arms, ammunition, or munitions of war, under which the commandants of departments were, by order of the Secretary of War dated May 13, 1863, directed to prohibit the ...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT, Ordered . That the Executive order of November 21, 1862, prohibiting the exportation of arms, ammunition, or munitions of war from the United States, be, and the same hereby is. modified so far as to permit the exportation of imported arms, ammunition, and munitio...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered , first. That clearances issued by the Treasury Department for vessels or merchandise bound for the port of New Orleans for the military necessities of the department, certified by Brigadier-General Shepley, the military governor of Louisiana, shall be allowed to enter sa...
Abraham Lincoln It is the duty of every government to give protection to its citizens, of whatever class, color, or condition, and especially to those who are duly organized as soldiers in the public service. The law of nations and the usages and customs of war, as carried on by civilized powers...
Abraham Lincoln Hon. SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. SIR: Certain matters have come to my notice, and considered by me, which induce me to believe that it will conduce to the public interest for you to add to the general instructions given to our naval commanders in relation to contraband trade propositi...
Abraham Lincoln GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 211. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, ORDER ABOLISHING MILITARY GOVERNORSHIP OF ARKANSAS. Ordered, That the appointment of John S. Phelps as military governor of the State of Arkansas and of Amos F. Eno as secretary be revoked, and the office of mili...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT, The President announces to the country that news from the Army of the Potomac up to 10 o'clock p.m. of the 3d is such as to cover that army with the highest honor, to promise a great success to the cause of the Union, and to claim the condolence of all for the man...
Abraham Lincoln Whereas the act of Congress approved the 3d day of March, A. D. 1863, entitled "An act to provide circuit courts for the districts of California and Oregon, and for other purposes," authorized the appointment of one additional associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United ...
Abraham Lincoln Whereas by the act of Congress approved July 13, 1861, entitled act to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes," all commercial intercourse between the inhabitants of such States as should by proclamation be declared in insurrection against the Uni...
Abraham Lincoln I. The President of the United States has directed: 1st. That Major-General A. E. Burnside, at his own request, be relieved from the command of the Army of the Potomac. 2d. That Major-General E. V. Sumner, at his own request, be relieved from duty in the Army of the Potomac. 3d. ...
Abraham Lincoln Whereas by the twelfth section of an act of Congress entilded "An act to aid in the construction of a railroad and telegraph line from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, and to secure to the Government the use of the same for postal, military, and other purposes," approved ...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered by the President : Whereas on the 13th day of November, 1862, it was ordered that the Attorney-General be charged with the superintendence and direction of all proceedings to be had under the act of Congress of the 17th of July, entitled "An act to suppress insurrection, ...
Abraham Lincoln Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary, of the Navy. DEAR SIR: As many persons who come well recommended for loyalty and service to the Union cause, and who are refugees from rebel oppression in the State of Virginia, make application to me for authority and permission to remove their fam...
Abraham Lincoln To the Army of the Potomac: I have just read your commanding general's preliminary report of the battle of Fredericksburg. Although you were not successful, the attempt was not an error nor the failure other than an accident. The courage with which you in an open field maintained...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered, That no arms ammunition, or munitions of war be cleared or allowed to be exported from the United States until further order: that any clearances for arms, ammunition, or munitions of war issued heretofore by the Treasury Department be vacated if the articles have not pa...
Abraham Lincoln The President, Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, desires and enjoins the orderly observance of the Sabbath by the officers and men in the military and naval service. The importance for man and beast of the prescribed weekly rest, the sacred rights of Christian soldiers and...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered by the President of the United States, That the Attorney-General be charged with the superintendence and direction of all proceedings to be had under the act of Congress of the 17th of July, 1862, entitled "An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion,...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered, first. That clearances issued by the Treasury Department for vessels or merchandise bound for the port of Norfolk for the military necessities of the department, certified by the military commandant at Fort Monroe, shall be allowed to enter said port. Second. That vessel...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered, That Brigadier-General Ellet report to Rear-Admiral Porter for instructions, and act under his direction until otherwise ordered by the War Department. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Abraham Lincoln By direction of the President, it is ordered that Major-General McClellan be relieved from the command of the Army of the Potomac, and that Major-General Burnside take the command of that army; also that Major-General Hunter take command of the corps in said army which is now com...
Abraham Lincoln Two associate justices of the Supreme Court of the United States having been appointed since the last adjournment of said court, and consequently no allotment of the members of said court to the several circuits having been made by them, according to the fifth section of the act ...
Abraham Lincoln The insurrection which has for some time prevailed in several of the States of this Union, including Louisiana. having temporarily subverted and swept away the civil institutions of that State, including the judiciary and the judicial authorities of the Union, so that it has beco...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered, That the general-in-chief, Major-General Halleck, immediately commence, and proceed with all possible despatch; to organize an army, for active operations, from all the material within and coming within his control, independent of the forces he may deem necessary for the...
Abraham Lincoln SPECLAL ORDERS, No. 218. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, September 2, 1862. By direction of the President, all the clerks and employees of the civil Departments and all the employees on the public buildings in Washington will be immediately organi...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT, ORDER RESPECTING VOLUNTEERS AND MILITIA. Ordered, first. That after the 15th of this month bounty and advanced pay shall not be paid to volunteers for any new regiments, but only to volunteers for regiments now in the field and volunteers to fill up new regiments ...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT, By direction of the President of the United States, it is hereby ordered that until further order no citizen liable to be drafted into the militia shall be allowed to go to a foreign country. And all marshals, deputy marshals, and military officers of the United S...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT, Ordered , I. That a draft of 300,000 militia be immediately called into the service of the United States, to serve for nine months unless sooner discharged. The Secretary of War will assign the quotas to the States and establish regulations for the draft. II. That...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT The absence of officers and privates from their duty under various pretexts while receiving pay, at great expense and burden to the Government, makes it necessary that efficient measures be taken to enforce their return to duty or that their places be supplied by t...
Abraham Lincoln GENERAL ORDERS, No. 89. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL OFFICE, WASHINGTON, July 25, 1862. I. The following order of the President of the United States communicates information of the death of ex-President Martin Van Buren: WASHINGTON, July 25, 1862. The President with deep regr...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT 1. Ordered, That military commanders within the States of Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas in an orderly manner seize and use any property, real or personal, which may be necessary or convenient for th...
Abraham Lincoln GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 82. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE The following order has been received from the President of the United States: Representations have been made to the President by the ministers of various foreign powers in amity with the United States that subject...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered , That Major-General Henry W. Halleck be assigned to command the whole land forces of the United States as General in Chief, and that he repair to this capital as soon as he can with safety to the positions and operations within the department under his charge. A. LINCOLN...
Abraham Lincoln Whereas, in the judgment of the President, the public safety does require that the railroad line called and known as the Southwest Branch of the Pacific Railroad in the State of Missouri be repaired, extended, and completed from Rolla to Lebanon, in the direction to Springfield, ...
Abraham Lincoln GENTLEMEN: Fully concurring in the wisdom of the views expressed to me in so patriotic a manner by you in the communication of the 28th day of June, I have decided to call into the service an additional force of 300,000 men. I suggest and recommend that the troops should be chief...
Abraham Lincoln NEW YORK To the Governors of the several States: The capture of New Orleans, Norfolk, and Corinth by the national forces has enabled the insurgents to concentrate a large force at and about Richmond, which place we must take with the least possible delay; in fact, there will soon...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered: 1st. The forces under Major-Generals Fremont, Banks, and McDowell, including the troops now under Brigadier-General Sturgis at Washington, shall be consolidated and form one army, to be called the Army of Virginia. 2d. The command of the Army of Virginia is specially ass...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT All regiments of militia or of three-months' volunteers who have offered their services under the recent call of the War Department, and who have so far perfected their organization as to be able to report for orders at St. Louis, at Columbus, or at Washington City...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT Colonel HAUPT. SIR: You are hereby appointed chief of construction and transportation in the Department of the Rappahannock, with the rank of colonel, and attached to the staff of Major-General McDowell. You are authorized to do whatever you may deem expedient to o...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT Ordered: By virtue of the authority vested by act of Congress, the President takes military possession of all the railroads in the United States from and after this date until further order, and directs that the respective railroad companies, their officers and ser...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT Major-General JOHN A. DIX: Ordered , That Major-General John A. Dix, commanding at Baltimore, be, and he is, authorized and empowered at his discretion-- First. To assume and exercise control over the police of the city of Baltimore; to supersede and remove the civ...
Abraham Lincoln NAVY DEPARTMENT Lieutenant JOHN L. WORDEN, United States Navy, Commanding United States Steamer Monitor, Washington. SIR: The naval action which took place on the 10th instant between the Monitor and Merrimac at Hampton Roads, when your vessel, with two guns, engaged a powerful a...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT Major-General GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN: The President, having considered the plan of operations agreed upon by yourself and the commanders of army corps, makes no objection to the same, but gives the following directions as to its execution: 1. Leave such force at Manas...
Abraham Lincoln Major-General McClellan having personally taken the field at the head of the Army of the Potomac, until otherwise ordered he is relieved from the command of the other military departments, he retaining command of the Department of the Potomac. Ordered further, That the department...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered , That no change of the base of operations of the Army of the Potomac shall be made without leaving in and about Washington such a force as in the opinion of the General in Chief and the commanders of all the army corps shall leave said city entirely secure. That no more ...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered , 1. That the major-general commanding the Army of the Potomac proceed forthwith to organize that part of the said army destined to enter upon active operations (including the reserve, but excluding the troops to be left in the fortifications about Washington) into four a...
Abraham Lincoln By the President of the United States Considering that the existing circumstances of the country allow a partial restoration of commercial intercourse between the inhabitants of those parts of the United States heretofore declared to be in insurrection and the citizens of the loy...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT It is ordered, first. That a special commission of two persons, one of military rank and the other in civil life, be appointed to examine the cases of the state prisoners remaining in the military custody of the United States, and to determine whether, in view of t...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT Ordered, first. On and after the 26th day of February instant the President, by virtue of the act of Congress, takes military possession of all the telegraph lines in the United States. Second. All telegraphic communications in regard to military operations not exp...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT Ordered by the President, Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, That on the 22d day of February, in the Hall of the House of Representatives, immediately after the Farewell Address of George Washington shall have been read, the rebel flags l...
Abraham Lincoln GENERAL ORDERS, No. 16. HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE I. The following concurrent resolutions of the two Houses of the Congress of the United States are published for the information of the Army: Resolved, That the two Houses will assemble in the Chamber of t...
Abraham Lincoln THE PRESIDENT'S THANKS TO THE FORCES THAT CAPTURED FORT HENRY AND ROANOKE ISLAND The President, Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, returns thanks to Brigadier-General Burnside and Flag-Officer Goldsborough, and to Brigadier-General Grant and Flag-Officer Foote, and the land...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT Brigadier-General F. W. LANDER: The President directs me to say that he has observed with pleasure the activity and enterprise manifested by yourself and the officers and soldiers of your command. You have shown how much may be done in the worst weather and worst r...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT The breaking out of a formidable insurrection based on a conflict of political ideas, being an event without precedent in the United States, was necessarily attended by great confusion and perplexity of the public mind. Disloyalty before unsuspected suddenly became...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT Ordered , I. That all applications to go south across the military lines of the United States be made to Major-General John A. Dix, commanding at Baltimore, who will grant or refuse the same at his discretion. 2. That all prisoners of war and other persons imprison...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT Ordered, That D.C. McCallum be, and he is hereby, appointed military director and superintendent of railroads in the United States, with authority to enter upon, take possession of, hold, and use all railroads, engines, cars, locomotives, equipments, appendages, an...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered, That all the disposable force of the Army of the Potomac, after providing safely for the defense of Washington, be formed into an expedition for the immediate object of seizing and occupying a point upon the railroad southwestward of what is known as Manassas Junction; a...
Abraham Lincoln Ordered , That the 22d day of February, 1862, be the day for a general movement of the land and naval forces of the United States against the insurgent forces; that especially the army at and about Fortress Monroe. the Army of the Potomac, the Army of Western Virginia, the army n...
Abraham Lincoln WAR DEPARTMENT The President, Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, has received information of a brilliant victory by the United States forces over a large body of armed traitors and rebels at Mill Springs, in the State of Kentucky. He returns thanks to the gallant officers a...
Abraham Lincoln GENERAL ORDERS, NO. III HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE JOINT RESOLUTION expressive of the recognition by Congress of the gallant and patriotic services of the late Brigadier-General Nathaniel Lyon and the officers and soldiers under his command at the battle o...
Abraham Lincoln Major-General H. W. HALLECK, Commanding in the Department of Missouri. GENERAL: As an insurrection exists in the United States and is in arms in the State of Missouri, you are hereby authorized and empowered to suspend the writ of habeas corpus within the limits of the military d...
Abraham Lincoln The municipal authorities of Washington and Georgetown, in this District, having appointed to-morrow, the 28th instant, as a day of thanksgiving, the several Departments will on that occasion be closed, in order that the officers of the Government may partake in the ceremonies. A...
Abraham Lincoln GENERAL ORDERS, No. 100 HEADQUARTEES OF THE ARMY ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE Complaint has been made to the President of the United States that certain persons within the State of Virginia, in places occupied by the forces of the United States, claim to be incumbents of civil offic...
Abraham Lincoln GENERAL ORDERS, No. 96 WAR DEPARTMENT ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE Authority to raise a force of State militia, to serve during the war, is granted, by direction of the President, to the governor of Missouri. This force is to cooperate with the troops in the service of the United St...
Abraham Lincoln The governor of the State of Missouri, acting under the direction of the convention of that State, proposes to the Government of the United States that he will raise a military force, to serve within the State as State militia during the war there, to cooperate with the troops in...
Abraham Lincoln GENERAL ORDERS, No. 94 WAR DEPARTMENT ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE The following order from the President of the United States, announcing the retirement from active command of the honored veteran Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott, will be read by the Army with profound regret: EXEC...
Abraham Lincoln Lieutenant-General WINFIELD SCOTT: The military line of the United States for the suppression of the insurrection may be extended so far as Bangor, in Maine. You and any officer acting under your authority are hereby authorized to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in any place be...
Abraham Lincoln Flag-officers of the United States Navy authorized to wear a square flag at the mizzenmast head will take rank with major-generals of the United States Army. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Abraham Lincoln Department of the Interior, Washington, October 3, 1861. Sir: I have the honor herewith to submit for your consideration the recommendation of the Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs that the Uintah Valley, in the Territory of Utah, be set apart and reserved for the use and occ...
Abraham Lincoln By the fifty-seventh article of the act of Congress entitled "An act for establishing rules and articles for the government of the armies of the United States," approved April 10, 1806, holding correspondence with or giving intelligence to the enemy, either directly or indirectly...
Abraham Lincoln The Marshals of the United States in the vicinity of forts where political prisoners are held will supply decent lodging and subsistence for such prisoners, unless they shall prefer to provide in those respects for themselves, in which cases they will be allowed to do so by the c...
Abraham Lincoln The COMMANDING GENERAL, ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES: You are engaged in suppressing an insurrection against the laws of the United States. If at any point on or in the vicinity of any military line which is now or which shall be used between the city of New York and the city of Was...
Abraham Lincoln STATE DEPARTMENT The LIEUTENANT-GENERAL COMMANDING THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES: You or any officer you may designate will, in your discretion, suspend the writ of habeas corpus so far as may relate to Major Chase, lately of the Engineer Corps of the Army of the United States,...
Abraham Lincoln To all who shall see these presents, greeting: Know ye that, reposing special trust and confidence in the patriotism, valor, fidelity, and ability of Colonel Robert Anderson, United States Army, I have empowered him, and do hereby empower him, to receive into the Army of the Unit...
Abraham Lincoln GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 13. WAR DEPARTMENT ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE The President directs that all officers of the Army, except those who have entered the service since the 1st instant, take and subscribe anew the oath of allegiance to the United States of America, as set forth in t...
Abraham Lincoln The COMMANDING GENERAL OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES You are engaged in suppressing an insurrection against the laws of the United States. If at any point on or in the vicinity of any military, line which is now or which shall be used between the city of Philadelphia and the c...
Abraham Lincoln Lieutenant-General Scott MY DEAR SIR: The Maryland legislature assembles to-morrow at Annapolis, and not improbably will take action to arm the people of that State against the United States. The question has been submitted to and considered by me whether it would not be justifia...
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