The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: Ed. by Arthur Brooks Lapsley, with an Introduction by Theodore Roosevelt, Together with The Essay on Lincoln, by Carl Schurz, The Address on Lincoln, by Joseph H. Choate and The Life of Lincoln, by Noah Brooks, Volume 6G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1906 - Presidents |
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... dear General , I feel justified to rely very much on you . I believe you and the brave officers and men with you can and will get the victory at Corinth . A. LINCOLN . TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. MCDOWELL . WAR DEPARTMENT , May 24 , 1862. 5 ...
... dear General , I feel justified to rely very much on you . I believe you and the brave officers and men with you can and will get the victory at Corinth . A. LINCOLN . TELEGRAM TO GENERAL I. MCDOWELL . WAR DEPARTMENT , May 24 , 1862. 5 ...
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... DEAR SIR : -Your letter of the 12th by Colonel Zagonyi is just received . In answer to the principal part of it , I repeat the substance of an order of the 8th and one or two telegraphic despatches sent you since . We have no definite ...
... DEAR SIR : -Your letter of the 12th by Colonel Zagonyi is just received . In answer to the principal part of it , I repeat the substance of an order of the 8th and one or two telegraphic despatches sent you since . We have no definite ...
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... DEAR SIR : -My view of the present condition of the war is about as follows : The evacuation of Corinth and our delay by the flood in the Chickahominy have enabled the enemy to concentrate too much force in Richmond for McClellan to ...
... DEAR SIR : -My view of the present condition of the war is about as follows : The evacuation of Corinth and our delay by the flood in the Chickahominy have enabled the enemy to concentrate too much force in Richmond for McClellan to ...
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... DEAR SIR : -I should not want the half of 300,000 new troops if I could have them now . If I had 50,000 additional troops here now I believe I could substantially close the war in two weeks . But time is everything , and if I get 50,000 ...
... DEAR SIR : -I should not want the half of 300,000 new troops if I could have them now . If I had 50,000 additional troops here now I believe I could substantially close the war in two weeks . But time is everything , and if I get 50,000 ...
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... DEAR SIR : -This introduces Governor William Sprague , of Rhode Island . He is now Governor for the third time , and senator - elect of the United States . I know the object of his visit to you . He has my cheerful consent to go , but ...
... DEAR SIR : -This introduces Governor William Sprague , of Rhode Island . He is now Governor for the third time , and senator - elect of the United States . I know the object of his visit to you . He has my cheerful consent to go , but ...
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Page 208 - 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 331 - ... Vicksburg, I thought you should do what you finally did — march the troops across the neck, run the batteries with the transports, and thus go below ; and I never had any faith, except a general hope that you knew better than I, that the Yazoo Pass expedition and the like could succeed. When you got below and took Port Gibson, Grand Gulf, and vicinity, I thought you should go down the river and join General Banks, and when you turned northward, east of the Big Black, I feared it was a mistake....
Page 138 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 119 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 139 - 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 persons to whom such service or labor is claimed to be due, and any officer who shall be found guilty by a court-martial of violating this article shall be dismissed from the service. " SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this act shall take effect...
Page 57 - I feel any misfortune to you and your army quite as keenly as you feel it yourself. If you have had a drawn battle, or a repulse, it is the price we pay for the enemy not being in Washington. We protected Washington, and the enemy concentrated on you.
Page 138 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons...
Page 400 - An act further to provide for the collection of duties on imports, and for other purposes...
Page 351 - I repeat the declaration made a year ago, that " while I remain in my present position I shall not attempt to retract or modify the emancipation proclamation, nor shall I return to slavery any person who is free by the terms of that proclamation, or by any of the acts of Congress.
Page 178 - West without paying toll at the crossing of any national boundary. Our national strife springs not from our permanent part; not from the land we inhabit; not from our national homestead. There is no possible severing of this but would multiply and not mitigate evils among us. In all its adaptations and aptitudes it demands union and abhors separation. In fact, it would ere long force reunion, however much of blood and treasure the separation might have cost. Our strife pertains to ourselves — to...