...it also allowed that "such persons, of suitable condition, will be received into the armed services of the United States, to garrison forts, positions,...other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said services." At Fort Scott, Kansas, on January 1, 1863, Captain William D. Matthews, Company D, First...

...consequence of his Emancipation Proclamation. He announced that blacks freed by the proclamation would "be received into the armed service of the United...garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places." Skepticism as to whether blacks could be adequate soldiers did not extend to their manning rear-area...

...of military necessity as the justification for the Emancipation Proclamation. suitable condition ... to garrison forts, positions, stations^ and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in [the armed service]," it gave no indication that it was contemplated that black men would be formed...

...states of Arkansas and Texas. Finally, the order declared that "such persons [ie slaves] of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States." The Road to the Proclamation Lincoln did not come to the Proclamation either quickly or easily. While...

...faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service...vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity,...

...faithfully for reasonable wages. And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service...vessels of all sorts in said service. And, upon this act — sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution — upon military...

...states to be free, Lincoln wrote: "And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service...positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels in all sorts of said service."135 Congress quickly affirmed the president's authority "to enroll, arm,...

...Originally, the president had planned to end the historic decree freeing the slaves with the sentence "And upon this, sincerely believed to be an act of...military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind."3 Supposedly acting on Chase's recommendation, Lincoln added "and the gracious favor of Almighty...

...South. It was spelled out in the Proclamation itself, in Lincoln's promise to recruit freed slaves into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other vessels, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. In July, the Second Confiscation Act had...

...to labor faithfully, for wages. And I further declare, and make known, that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison and defend forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service....