Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln,
the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebel- lion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war meas- ure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accord- ance with my purpose so to do, publicly for the full period of 100 days from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, re-
spectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit :
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States, in time of actual armed rebel- lion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war meas- ure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thou- sand eight hundred and sixty-three, and in accord- ance with my purpose so to do, publicly for the full period of 100 days from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States wherein the people thereof, re-
spectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to wit :
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana (except the parishes of St.
Lincoln - 1907 - Life, Speeches, Anecdotes
