 The preliminary emancipation proclamation, issued in September, was running its assigned period to the beginning of the new year. A month later, the final proclamation came, including the announcement that colored men of suitable condition would be received...  General Orders - Page 1by United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1862-1865). - 1862Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Hartwell Barrett - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 896 pages
...European Governments any thing hopeful upon this subject. The preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, issued in September, was running its assigned period...colored men of suitable condition would be received into the war service. The policy of emancipation, and of employing black soldiers, gave to the future... | |
 | James Oakes - African American abolitionists - 2007 - 366 pages
...states were threatening to recognize the Confederacy. But the proclamation turned everything around. "The policy of emancipation, and of employing black soldiers, gave to the future a new aspect," Lincoln said. One hundred thousand former slaves were already serving in the US military, and "it is... | |
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