...and the 15th day of April, AD 1865, combine, confederate, and conspire together at Washington City, within the Military Department of Washington, and...within the intrenched fortifications and military lines of the said United States, there being, unlawfully, maliciously, and traitorously, to kill and murder...

...John Wilkes Booth and John H. Snrratt, maliciously, unlawfully and traitorously murdering the said Abraham Lincoln, then President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States as aforesaid^ and maliciously, unlawfully and traitorously assaulting, with intent...

...The body of the proclamation, issued on the 22d of September, was in these words: I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, and Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy thereof, do hereby proclaim and declare that hereafter, as heretofore, the war will be prosecuted for the object...

...[1867]. (2), 2l-24, 37-136 pp. Plates. Maps. 8°. Life and martyrdom of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States; and commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. Philadelphia: TB Peterson <(• brothers, [1865]. (4), 17-203, (2) pp. 12°....

...and loyal citizens protected in all their rights of life, liberty, and property, I, ANDREW JOHNSON, President of the United States, and commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, do hereby appoint William W. Holden provisional governor of the State of North...

...Sherman was only a soldier, whose terms could be, as they were, reversed and annulled, while Lincoln was president of the United States and Commander-in-chief of the army and navy, with supreme discretion in military affairs. Therefore, when, by the secret letter to General Weitzel,...

...political expediency. My reply, however, to the President would be — "Sir, the power is in your hands as President of the United States, and Commander-in-chief of the army and navy. Do your duty; give to the slaves their liberty by proclamation, as far as that can give it ; and if...

...for three years or the war, not, however, exceeding three years : Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, and commander-in-chief of the army and navy thereof, and of the militia of the several States when called into actual service, do issue this, my proclamation,...

...for three years or the war, not, however, exceeding three years : Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, and commander-in-chief of the army and navy thereof, and of the militia of the several States when called into actual service, do issue this, my proclamation,...

...April in the present year, appears to be indispensably necessary; now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoin, President of the United States, and Commander-in-chief of the Army and Navy thereof, and of the militia of the several States when called into actual service, do hereby call into the service...