...containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all...States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof,...

...a shot over the bow of the Confederate States, announcing that on January first, 1863, "all persons held as slaves, within any state, or designated part...shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." The Proclamation was exactly what Emerson had been waiting for since the opening attack on Fort Sumter....

...decision. The deal had been struck. He then read the proclamation, which says, in part, "All persons held as slaves within any State or designated part...States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."5 Unlike Miriam, Abraham Lincoln clearly offered a tit-for-tat to God. Was McClellan's dubious...

...containing, among other things, the following, to wit: "That on the ist day of January, AD 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part...people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the 256 United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the...

...Proclamation, which read in part: [O]n the first day of January, AD 1863, all persons held as slaves within any State... the people whereof shall then be in rebellion...States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof,...