LINCOLN ABRAHAM General Orders No 1 War Department

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LINCOLN, ABRAHAM. General Orders, No 1. War Department. Two leaves, 4 pages, loose, housed in a specially made cloth case. Washington, D.C., 2 January, 1863

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the fifth edition of the emancipation proclamation, the version received by the military. scarce. Curiously enough, the only slaves affected by the Proclamation were those held in states in rebellion against the Union. It did not affect those in states that did not secede. Seward described it as "emancipating the slaves where we cannot reach them and holding them in bondage where we can set them free." Eberstadt 12.