The Emancipation Proclamation was NOT issued as a military order. If it were, it would hold no power in any event, as Lincoln had no authority over the Confederacy when it was issued, as the Confederacy had its' own President. It was a Presidential Proclamation and when issued on 1 January 1863, was more of a "political move" than anything else.
Because what he was doing wasn't actually legal. He couldn't just declare the slaves to be free - they were, under law, property, and the Constitution forbids the government to deny citizens of their property. For the Confederacy, he had a loophole. The seceding states weren't really part of the United States anymore, so he could deprive them of property as much as he wanted, but if he made a law freeing the slaves in the South, that would be tantamount to admitting the South was still part of the US, which would mean that the law wouldn't be valid anyway. So. He issued it as a military order. It didn't really do much. The Southerners, of course, ignored it. It inspired some slaves to escape to the North, but they were doing that anyway. What it DID do was change the Civil War from a war against secession to a war against slavery. Europe didn't care if the South seceded. But Europe was vehmently anti-slavery, and once the North declared it was fighting, not only for Union, but to free the slaves, it had Europe solidly on its side. Also, it roused the interest of American abolitionists, who started participating in the war effort.
To issue the Proclamation when the war was going badly for the Union would look like an act of desperation
No. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which kept the British from sending military aid to the Confederates.
Abraham Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation 1 January 1863
Freed all the slaves in the Confederate States
On January 1, 1863 President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
No. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln.
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which kept the British from sending military aid to the Confederates.
Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
He issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which kept the British from sending military aid to the Confederates.
President Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Antietam
Lincoln elected. Confederacy formed. Sumter attacked. Emancipation Proclamation issued.
It was issued by US president Abraham Lincoln.
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation