Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby revoke the said exceptions, and declare that the inhabitants of the States of Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, Florida, and Virginia are in a state of insurrection against the United States
Proclamation 98—Suspension of Commercial Trade with Certain States in Rebellion
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