What was Abraham Lincoln's January 1, 1863 wartime order called?

Abraham Lincoln's January 1, 1863 wartime order was called the Emancipation Proclamation.

Officially known as Proclamation 95, it declared enslaved people in areas of the Confederate states still in rebellion to be free. Lincoln issued it during the American Civil War after announcing a preliminary version in September 1862. The final proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863.

The order did not immediately abolish slavery everywhere in the United States. It applied to designated Confederate-held areas and excluded loyal border states and some territories already under Union control. Its legal and military effect expanded as Union forces captured Confederate territory.

The proclamation also changed the war's stated purpose and authorized Black men to serve in the Union Army and Navy. The Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery throughout the United States. That amendment is therefore distinct from Lincoln's wartime proclamation, although the two are closely connected in American history.