What was the official title of Abraham Lincoln's January 1, 1863, emancipation order?

The official title of Abraham Lincoln's January 1, 1863, emancipation order was the Emancipation Proclamation.

Lincoln issued it during the American Civil War as Presidential Proclamation 95. It declared enslaved people in areas of the Confederate states still in rebellion to be free. The order did not apply to every enslaved person in the United States, because it excluded loyal slave states and certain areas already under Union control.

Lincoln had issued a preliminary proclamation on September 22, 1862, warning that emancipation would take effect in rebellious areas unless they returned to the Union. The final proclamation followed on January 1, 1863.

The measure changed the war's meaning and authorized Black men to serve in the Union armed forces. It did not permanently abolish slavery nationwide; that required the Thirteenth Amendment, ratified in 1865. More than 3.5 million enslaved people were covered by the proclamation's terms.