Emancipation Proclamation. Henry Louis Stephens, untitled watercolor (c. 1863) of a black man reading a newspaper with headline "Presidential Proclamation/Slavery".
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as a war measure during the American Civil War, directed to all of the areas in rebellion and all segments of the executive branch (including the Army and Navy) of the United States.[1] It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion,[2] excluding areas controlled by the Union and thus applying to 3 million of the 4 million slaves in the U.S. at the time. The Proclamation was based on the president's constitutional authority as commander in chief of the armed forces;[3] it was not a law passed by Congress. Wg-emancipation-proclamation-1. History Now. From the Teachers Desk. Featured Document: The Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war.
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free. " Despite this expansive wording, the Emancipation Proclamation was limited in many ways. It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, leaving slavery untouched in the loyal border states. It also expressly exempted parts of the Confederacy that had already come under Northern control. Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in the nation, it captured the hearts and imagination of millions of Americans and fundamentally transformed the character of the war.
From the first days of the Civil War, slaves had acted to secure their own liberty. 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. History[edit] Statue of Massachusetts Gov.
John A. Andrew, who authorized the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. The soldiers were recruited by white abolitionists (including Shaw's parents). These recruiters included Lieutenant J. The 54th trained at Camp Meigs in Readville near Boston. B Company 54th Mass Vol Inf Regiment Home. African-american-civil-war-soldiers. Colonel-robert-shaw. CMOHS.org - Official Website of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest military honor, awarded for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty.
The medal is awarded by the President of the United States in the name of Congress to US military personnel only. There are three versions of the medal, one for the Army, one for the Navy, and one for the Air Force.[4] Personnel of the Marine Corps and Coast Guard receive the Navy version. The Medal of Honor was created in 1861, early in the American Civil War, to give recognition to men who distinguished themselves "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity" in combat with an enemy of the United States.[5] There have been 3,468 Medals of Honor awarded to the nation's soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and coast guardsmen since the decoration's creation, with more than half of them presented for actions during the four years of the Civil War.[3] Etymology[edit] History[edit] Appearance[edit] Army version Navy version Air Force version Flag[edit]
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