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Fremont’s Proclamation

Major General John Charles Fremont issued an unauthorized order for the confiscation and emancipation of slaves; Lincoln later reversed it for fear of alienating “Southern Union friends.”

Glossary Term – Event

James Buchanan elected president

James Buchanan was elected the fifteenth president of the United States, beating out Republican John C. Fremont and Know Nothing Party candidate Millard Fillmore.

Glossary Term – Event

Received 110 votes for vice president at Republican National Convention

At the Republican National Convention Lincoln received 110 votes for vice president but William L. Dayton won the nomination as John C. Fremont’s running mate.

Glossary Term – Person

John C. Frémont

[Appeal from the Western Sanitary Commission to President Abraham Lincoln regard

Primary Source

The Western Sanitary Commission reports on suffering in the Mississippi Valley, 1863

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