Breadcrumb Home Learn Search The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet My Library Civil War | Primary Source The first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation before the Cabinet 1864 Library of Congress Library of Congress This painting by Francis Carpenter depicts Lincoln reading his initial draft of the Emancipation to his cabinet on July 22, 1862. Tags: Primary Source Related Primary Sources Civil War | Primary Source Gettysburg: "God be with us" Civil War | Primary Source Gettysburg: "The Number of Wounded was...Appalling" Civil War | Primary Source Gettysburg: "We Fought a Desperate Battle" View All Related Resources Add to My Battlefields Educators Library You May Also Like Emancipation Proclamation
