Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln: State papers, 1861-1865Current literature publishing Company, 1907 |
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Page vii
... Volunteers , and an Increase in Regular Army and Navy Forces . May 3 , 1861 • PAGE 173 173 173 175 . 177 177 Proclamation Suspending Writ of Habeas Corpus on the Florida Keys . May 10 , 1861 179 Memoranda of Military Policy Suggested by ...
... Volunteers , and an Increase in Regular Army and Navy Forces . May 3 , 1861 • PAGE 173 173 173 175 . 177 177 Proclamation Suspending Writ of Habeas Corpus on the Florida Keys . May 10 , 1861 179 Memoranda of Military Policy Suggested by ...
Page viii
... Proclamation Suspending Writ of Habeas Corpus throughout the Union . September 15 , 1863 213 214 214 Call for 300,000 Volunteers . October 17 , 1863 215 Opinion on the Loss of General R. H. Milroy's Division viii . CONTENTS.
... Proclamation Suspending Writ of Habeas Corpus throughout the Union . September 15 , 1863 213 214 214 Call for 300,000 Volunteers . October 17 , 1863 215 Opinion on the Loss of General R. H. Milroy's Division viii . CONTENTS.
Page ix
... Volunteers . July 18 , 1864 Orders of Thanks and Rejoicing for Union Victories , Won under Admiral Farragut and Major - Generals Canby , Granger , and Sherman . September 3 , 1864 PAGE 217 218 222 223 224 224 225 227 228 229 230 232 232 ...
... Volunteers . July 18 , 1864 Orders of Thanks and Rejoicing for Union Victories , Won under Admiral Farragut and Major - Generals Canby , Granger , and Sherman . September 3 , 1864 PAGE 217 218 222 223 224 224 225 227 228 229 230 232 232 ...
Page 12
... volunteers to serve for three years , unless sooner discharged , and also for large additions to the regular army and navy . These measures , whether strictly legal or not , were ventured upon , under what appeared to be a popular ...
... volunteers to serve for three years , unless sooner discharged , and also for large additions to the regular army and navy . These measures , whether strictly legal or not , were ventured upon , under what appeared to be a popular ...
Page 32
... volunteers . This subject was brought to my notice , and I was induced to draw up the form of a letter , one copy of which , properly ad- dressed , has been delivered to each of the per- sons , and at the dates respectively named and ...
... volunteers . This subject was brought to my notice , and I was induced to draw up the form of a letter , one copy of which , properly ad- dressed , has been delivered to each of the per- sons , and at the dates respectively named and ...
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Page 173 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 220 - I, , do solemnly swear, in presence of Almighty God, that I will henceforth faithfully support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and the union of the States thereunder; and that I will, in like manner, abide by and faithfully support all acts of Congress passed during the existing rebellion with reference to slaves, so long and so far as not repealed, modified, or held void by Congress, or by decision of the Supreme Court...
Page xlvi - And some innative weakness there must be In him who condescends to victory Such as the Present gives, and cannot wait, Safe in himself as in a fate.
Page 144 - An act to suppress insurrection, to punish treason and rebellion, to seize and confiscate property of rebels, and for other purposes," approved July 17, 1862, and which sections are in the words and figures following : SEC.
Page 146 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 69 - Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, two thirds of both Houses concurring, that the following Articles be proposed to the Legislatures of the several States, as Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, all, or any of which Articles, when ratified by three fourths of the said Legislatures, to be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of the said Constitution...
Page 144 - States, or who shall in any way give aid or comfort thereto, escaping from such persons and taking refuge within the lines of the army; and all slaves captured from such persons or deserted by them, and coming under the control of the Government of the United States...
Page 146 - ... the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof respectively are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit: "Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Page 232 - Any proposition which embraces the restoration of peace, the integrity of the whole Union, and the abandonment of slavery...
Page 143 - All officers or persons in the military or naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives from service or labor, who may have escaped from any...