The proclamation warned the Confederate states to surrender by January 1, 1863, or their slaves would be freed. Some people were critical of the proclamation for only freeing some of the slaves.

There were two significant attempts to create it that resulted in a few coins. Those coins came in two different designs, each with its own story. 1861 Confederate States of America Half Dollar In ...

A storied Army post originally named after Confederate Gen. Henry L. Benning, then renamed Fort Moore as part of the Biden ...

No Confederate states took the offer ... The proclamation allowed black soldiers to fight for the Union -- soldiers that were desperately needed. It also tied the issue of slavery directly ...

Henrick chronicles the “valiant but ultimately doomed” efforts of Confederate States of America president ... gasp to overcome the inevitable. There were grandiose negotiations with foreign ...