Deeming that the present condition of public affairs presents an extraordinary occasion, I do hereby, in virtue of the power in me vested by the Constitution, convene both houses of Congress. The Senators and Representatives are, therefore, summoned to assemble at their respective chambers at twelve o'clock, noon, on Thursday, the fourth day of July next, then and there to consider and determine such measures as, in their wisdom, the public safety and interest may seem to demand.
In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed.
Done at the City of Washington, this fifteenth day of April, in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and of the independence of the United States the eighty-fifth.
Abraham Lincoln.
By the President.
William H. Seward, Secretary of State.
TOTAL NUMBER OF TROOPS CALLED INTO SERVICE DURING THE REBELLION.
The various calls of the President for men were as follows:
| 1861,—3 months' men, | 75,000 |
| 1861,—3 years' men, | 500,000 |
| 1862,—3 years' men, | 300,000 |
| 1862,—9 months' men, | 300,000 |
| 1864,—3 years' men, February, | 500,000 |
| 1864,—3 years' men, March, | 200,000 |
| 1864,—3 years' men, July, | 500,000 |
| 1864,—3 years' men, December, | 300,000 |
| Total, | 2,675,000 |