Zoe /zoe/ [2 sylls.] as a girls' name is pronounced ZOH-ee, ZOH. It is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Zoe is life. Zooey is a variant from JD Salinger's novel Franny and Zooey, although the character Zooey is a young man named Zachery.Popular in Greece. Actresses Zoe Caldwell, Zooey Deschanel.t is of Greek origin, and the meaning of Zoe is life. Zooey is a variant from JD Salinger's novel Franny and Zooey, although the character Zooey is a young man named Zachery. Popular in Greece. Actresses Zoe Caldwell, Zooey Deschanel.
Publisher. A+E Networks. On this day in 1864, Union General William T. Sherman presents the city of Savannah, Georgia, to President Abraham Lincoln. Sherman captured thecity after his famous March to the Sea from Atlanta. Savannah had been one of the last major ports that remained open to the Confederates.
The following document is the Emancipation Proclamation, made by President Lincoln on September 22, 1862. The Emancipation Proclamation granted freedom to the slaves in the Confederate States if the States did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863.In addition, under this proclamation, freedom would only come to the slaves if the Union won the war.y the President of the United States of America: A Proclamation. Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things, the following, to wit: