This document was called for by William Patton and mentions Plaquemines, Lafourche, St Bernard, and other Louisiana Parishes as exceptions, as well as various counties in Virginia's tidewater region and the 48 counties making up West Virginia.
This document was called for by William Patton and mentions Plaquemines, Lafourche, St Bernard, and other Louisiana Parishes as exceptions, as well as various counties in Virginia's tidewater region and the 48 counties making up West Virginia. It was an update of the "Second Confiscation Act" but did not apply to Border States and it was issued from a position of strength after the battle of Antietam. For 10 points, name this 1863 executive order in which Abraham Lincoln declared all slaves in Confederate territory free.
This document was called for by William Patton and mentions Plaquemines, Lafourche, St Bernard, and other Louisiana Parishes as exceptions, as well as various counties in Virginia's tidewater region and the 48 counties making up West Virginia.
{Emancipation Proclamation}