The Emancipation Proclamation was ordered by President Abe Lincln with his executive commander power not by congress. It occured on January 1, 1863. It stated that everyone who is living in a Confederate territory to free thier slaves and this also applyed to the Army. This did not apply to thoughs living in rebellion territorys. The Proclamation did not apply to the five slave states that were not in rebellion, nor to most regions already controlled by the Union army. To be clear the Emancipation did not illegalize slavery it meerley eradicated slavery in the motion of war. By doing this the southerners were very very angry and let to the Battle of Gettysburg.
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