...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,...

...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....

...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 — 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...and to man vessels of all sorts in said service." Both the morality and the legality of this act have been made subject to serious question, and it is...

...And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act ofjustice warranted by the Constitution, Lincoln: And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, Chase: and of duty demanded by the circumstances of the country, Lincoln: upon military necessity,...

...Emancipation Proclamation was drafted. The limited interference with slavery in that instrument was "sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity. ..." Ibid., 2:288. See, also, chap. 4, n. 56, above; chap. 7, nn. 54, 55, 95, below. See Walter Berns,...

...'flocking in their thousands to [Union lines]'. The key passage for our purposes being, 'such persons condition will be received into the armed service of the United States positions, stations and other places.' 28 Within four weeks of Lincoln's announcement, the Massachusetts...

...rebellious states but also announced that he would receive the freed slaves into the armed services of the United States "to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places." On the last day of March, Halleck wrote unofficially to Grant "as a friend." Stop mistreating the slaves...

...adopted, most notably Chase's proposal to conclude the legalistic document with a flourish, invoking "the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God . . . upon this act." On the morning he would deliver the historic proclamation, Lincoln rose early....