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..
President Lincoln, in his role as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, published two Executive Orders now known as The Emancipation Proclamation; the first was on September 22, 1862, and the second was on January 1, 1863.These Executive Orders declared all slaves in the Confederate States of America to be free.Of course this freedom was no more than a promise until the Armies of the CSA surrendered one-by-one. Lincoln's Executive Orders did not end slavery in the Union states, however.Lincoln made the end of all U.S. slavery an important element in his campaign for re-election in 1864. Voters in Maryland and Missouri ended slavery there.resident Lincoln, in his role as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, published two Executive Orders now known as The Emancipation Proclamation; the first was on September 22, 1862, and the second was on January 1, 1863.