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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
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THE FUGITIVES Nirgiiiia Negroes folicjwitif, loi)e.s .soldiers in llieir retreat from (edar niouiilaiii. From tlie beginnirig of the war Negroes liad been asubject of debate. Even before Hull Kuri, on May 26. 1801, General K. F. Hntler had declared that all fugitive .slaves would be consideredas contraband of war. Congress, however, decided in August that all slaves confiscated should be held subject to the decision of theUnited States courts. In April of 1802, General Hunter, at Hilton Head, South Carolina, declared that all slaves in his military depart-ment were forever free, but a week later Lincoln annulled the proclamation. Hunter, however, raised a storm by organizing a regimentof fugitive slaves. It was only before Cedar Mountain—to be precise, on July ii. 1862—that all National commanders were ordered
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PATRIOT PUB. CO. FOLLOWERS OF POPES RETREAT to employ as many Negroes as could be used advantageously for military and naval purposes, paying them for their labor and keep-iu!, a record as to their ownership as a basis on which compensation could be made in proper cases. Ten days after the battle,Greeley pul)lished his famous letter to Lincoln. The Prayer of Twenty Millions. On September 22, 1862, the EmancipationProclamation was issued, and on January 1, 1863, the final proclamation was made that Negroes would be received into themilitary and naval service of the Inited States Corps. This picture was taken about the time Greeleys letter was pub-lished—less than two weeks after the battle of Cedar Mountain had been fought.

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  • bookyear:1911
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  • bookcentury:1900
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  • bookauthor:Lanier__Robert_S___Robert_Sampson___1880_
  • booksubject:United_States____History_Civil_War__1861_1865_Pictorial_works
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  • bookpublisher:New_York___Review_of_Reviews_Co_
  • bookcontributor:New_York_Public_Library
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