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__Emancipation Proclamation__ Emancipation Proclamation was the first one, issued September 22, 1862, declared by the freedom of all slaves in any state of the Confederate States of America that did not return to Union control by January 1, 1863. The second order, issued January 1, 1863,where applied. The message was that if any person shall hereafter incite, set foot on or assist in any rebellion against the authority of the United States, of the laws thereof, or shall give aid or engage in, or give aid and comfort to, any such existing rebellion or and be convicted, such person shall be punished by imprisonment for a period not exceeding ten years, or by a fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars, and by the liberation of all his slaves and punishments are at the discretion of the court. The Emancipation Proclamation impact was widely attacked at the time as freeing only the slaves over which the Union had no power. In practice, it committed the Union to ending slavery, which was a decision in the North. During the war nearly 200,000 blacks, most of them ex-slaves, joined the Union Army. Their contributions gave the North additional manpower that was significant in winning the war. The Confederacy did not allow slaves in their army as soldiers until the final months before its defeat. The most challenging aspect of the project was to free the slaves.