Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States, serving from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. He led the United States through the American Civil War, defeating the Confederacy and playing a major role in the abolition of slavery.
HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL ARMY CONFEDERATE STATES, March 29, 1861. Charleston, S. 0., March 29, 1861. Maj. ROBERT ANDERSON, U.S. Army, Commanding at Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, 8. 0.: DEAR MAJsor: Your…
Los ANGELES Los ANGELES, August 10, 1861. Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, Commanding Department of the Pacific, San Francisco : DEAR SIR: Since addressing you under yesterday’s date information has…
Message Fellow-citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: In the midst of unprecedented political troubles, we have cause of great gratitude to God for unusual good health, and most…
A Proclamation. Whereas, by my proclamation of the nineteenth of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, it was declared that the ports of certain States, including those of Beaufort,…
By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of America, and commander-in-chief of the army and navy thereof, do…
Message. Fellow-citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives : Since your last annual assembling another year of health and bountiful harvests has passed. And while it has not pleased…
By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two,…
WAR DEPARTMENT, June 15, 1863. June 15, 1863—2.30 a. m. Hon. ANDREW G. CURTIN, Governor of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg : On arrival at 1 a. m., I had an interview with…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 10, 1864. No. 31. Richmond, March 10, 1864. I. The following act of Congress, ”for the suspension of the writ of habeas…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 10, 1864. No. 31. Richmond, March 10, 1864. I. The following act of Congress, ”for the suspension of the writ of habeas…
Executive Mansion, Washington, August 17, 1864. Lieutenant General Grant. I have seen your despatch expressing your wish that all competition for negro laborers might be suppressed. I do not wish…
City Point, Va., January 10, 1865. Respectfully forwarded to the Secretary of War. It will be seen from the within letter that the Confederate authorities have paroled General Hayes and…
[Untitled] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. A PROCLAMATION. Whereas, for some time past, vessels-of-war of the United States have been refused, in certain foreign ports, privileges…
Mrs. Lincoln to Mr. Dimon 375 West Washington Street, Chicago, December 27, 1866. In reply to the polite note of Mr. Dimon, Mrs. A. Lincoln would suggest the hour of…