Editor’s note: The story below was originally published on Jan. 1, 2013, the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln issuing the formal Emancipation Proclamation. He had issued a preliminary Emancipation on Sept. 22, 1862 after the bloody Battle of Antietam in Maryland. Lincoln said if the rebels did not stop fighting after that battle during…
Jan. 1, 1863 – Lincoln Issues Emancipation Proclamation
The 1860 Volk life mask of Abraham Lincoln as used by sculptor, Gutzon Borglum, best known for sculpting Mount Rushmoore. (Photo: RET)