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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Amnesty proclamations. (search)
ions were issued by Presidents of the United States. The first one was by President Lincoln, Dec. 8, 1863. The text of the proclamation is as follows: President Lincoln in 1863. Whereas, in an. The following is the text: Whereas, the President of the United States, on the 8th day of December, 1863, did, with the object of suppressing the existing rebellion, to induce all persons to ll persons who have taken the oath of amnesty as prescribed in the President's proclamation of Dec. 8, 1863, or the oath of allegiance to the United States since the date of said proclamation, and who n deemed necessary and proper, and which proclamations were respectively issued on the 8th day of December, 1863, on the 26th day of March, 1864, on the 29th day of May, 1865, and on the 7th day of Se the government of the United States, which proclamations were severally issued on the 8th day of December, 1863, on the 6th day of March, 1864, on the 29th day of May, 1865, on the 7th day of Septemb
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America. (search)
eneral Longstreet raises the siege of Knoxville, retreats towards Virginia, remaining in northeastern Tennessee during the winter; in the spring he joins General Lee at Richmond......Dec. 1-4, 1863 General Sherman's command and the 4th Corps, Army of the Cumberland, reinforce Knoxville from Chattanooga......Dec. 3-6, 1863 Thirty-eighth Congress, first session, convenes......Dec. 7, 1863 President Lincoln proclaims amnesty to all Confederates on returning to their allegiance......Dec. 8, 1863 Total debt of Confederacy, $1,220,866,042.50......Jan. 1, 1864 Isaac Murphy inaugurated provisional governor of Arkansas......Jan. 22, 1864 President calls for 500,000 men for three years......Feb. 1, 1864 Sherman's Meridian expedition leaves Vicksburg, Miss......Feb. 3, 1864 More than 100 Union prisoners, including Col. Thomas E. Rose and Colonel Streight, escape from Libby prison, Richmond, Va., by tunnelling under the walls......Feb. 9, 1864 First Federal prisoners re