Freedom Rising: The Civil War By fouseyplum Sep 22, 1861 Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation Jan 1, 1862 Emancipation Proclamation Jul 17, 1862 Second Confiscation was declared Jan 16, 1863 Special Field Order 15 was issued Nov 18, 1863 Gettysburg Address Dec 18, 1865 Thirteenth Amendment issued