U.S. Brigadier General R. H. Milroy's Order to Citizens of Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia in Reference to the Emancipation Proclamation of President Abraham Lincoln
1/5/1863
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Four days after President Lincoln issued his Emancipation Proclamation, U.S. Brig. Gen. R. H. Milroy put the citizens of Frederick County and Winchester, Virginia, on notice with this order. It warned that all those who opposed the Proclamation would be treated as “rebels in arms.”
This primary source comes from the War Department Collection of Confederate Records.
National Archives Identifier: 4662609
Full Citation: U.S. Brigadier General R. H. Milroy's Order to Citizens of Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia in Reference to the Emancipation Proclamation of President Abraham Lincoln; 1/5/1863; Letters and Telegrams Received by General Robert E. Lee, 1874–1899; War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109; National Archives Building, Washington, DC . [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/documents/document/us-brigadier-general-r-h-milroys-order-to-citizens-of-winchester-and-frederick-county-virginia-in-reference-to-the-emancipation-proclamation-of-president-abraham-lincoln, December 6, 2023]Activities that use this document
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