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Abraham Lincoln issued this proclamation following the Union victory at Antietam. Lincoln was the one who enacted the proclamation.

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On January 1st Lincoln officially ordered the Emancipation this date itself is not important.

But, a few months prior on September 22nd the Union won at Antietam. This date is important because it allowed the Union to order the Emancipation confidently.

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Without the Union victory at Antietam Lincoln would not have been able to issue his proclamation. McClellan was the general at Antietam without his military leadership the proclamation may not have been issued

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The proclamation freed all of the slaves in rebelling states. Effectively changing the point of the war from preserving the union to abolishing slavery.

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The actual proclamation orders came from Washington D.C. but the proclamation involved freeing the slaves in states belonging to the confederacy.

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The proclamation was issued to free slaves in rebelling states which Lincoln was pressured to do by cabinet members and later agreed to doing because he thought is was the moral thing to do.

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The Proclamation changed the goals of the war from keeping the union together to abolishing slavery. This in turn led to the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments and a turning point in African American life.

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History.com Staff. “Emancipation Proclamation.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 2009, www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/emancipation-proclamation.

“Emancipation Proclamation.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 15 May 2018, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emancipation_Proclamation.