Noun. 1. Selective Service System-an independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service. Selective Service, SSS. independent agency-an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.oun. 1. Selective Service System-an independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service. Selective Service, SSS. independent agency-an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments.
Hannah Johnson, mother of a Northern Black soldier, writing to President Abraham Lincoln about the Emancipation Proclamation, July 31, 1863. President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war.The proclamation declared that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free..resident Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared that all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are, and henceforward shall be free..
As the Confederate states did not end the war, Abraham Lincoln signed the Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, and turned a war, fought for the preservation of Union, into a war that was aimed at ending slavery.braham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, is remembered for the role he played in the emancipation of slaves. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862. According to the proclamation,