Presidential Proclamation 93 (Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation)
September 22, 1862 Issued by President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, Presidential Proclamation 93, also known as the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation stated that people held in slavery in areas designated in rebellion against the United States as of January 1, 1863 would be freed from bondage. By the President of the United States of…
Presidential Proclamation 94
September 24, 1862 On September 24, 1862, Abraham Lincoln issued Presidential Proclamation 94 declaring that people suspected of being disloyal to the U.S. were subject to martial law and that the writ of habeas corpus was suspended for all such persons. By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Whereas it has…
Presidential Proclamation 95 (Emancipation Proclamation)
January 1, 1863 Issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation stated that people held in slavery in areas designated in rebellion against the United States to be freed from bondage. By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Whereas on the 22d day of September, A.D. 1862,…
Presidential Proclamation Respecting Soldiers Absent without Leave
March 10, 1863 On March 10, 1863, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation offering amnesty to soldiers absent without leave upon returning to their regiments by April 1, 1863. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. A PROCLAMATION. Respecting Soldiers absent without leave. Executive Mansion, March 10, 1863. In pursuance of the twenty-sixth section…
Price-Harney Agreement
May 21, 1861 Concluded on May 21, 1861, the Price-Harney Agreement was an unsuccessful attempt to maintain peace in Missouri at the onset of the American Civil War. When the Union began to dissolve following Abraham Lincoln's election to the United States presidency in November 1860, Missouri's loyalties were greatly divided. Most residents of the…
Price-Harney Agreement (Transcript)
May 21, 1861 Concluded on May 21, 1861, the Price-Harney Agreement was an unsuccessful attempt to maintain peace in Missouri at the onset of the American Civil War. SAINT LOUIS, May 21, 1861. The undersigned, officers of the United States Government and of the government of the State of Missouri, for the purpose of removing…
Price-Harney Truce (Transcript)
May 21, 1861
Prigg v. Pennsylvania
March 1, 1842 In 1842, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the preeminence of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1793 when it declared a Pennsylvania statute unconstitutional in the case of Prigg v. Pennsylvania. While upholding the right of slave owners to reclaim fugitive slaves in the North, the court's decision had the unintended effect…
Reconstruction Acts
1867–1868 The Reconstruction Acts were four bills passed by the United States Congress between March 2, 1867 and March 11, 1868 that established criteria and procedures for former Confederate states, excluding Tennessee, to regain readmission to the Union. Even before the Union victory in the American Civil War was assured, battle lines were being drawn…
Relief Law
1864 Upon becoming Ohio's twenty-sixth governor on January 11, 1864, John Brough sought to aid the Union war effort. He succeeded in enacting a two mills property tax to support soldiers' families. Upon becoming Ohio's twenty-sixth governor on January 11, 1864, John Brough sought to aid the Union war effort. He succeeded in enacting a…