The Journal of the Civil War EraVolume 3, Number 4December 2013TABLE OF CONTENTSSPECIAL ISSUE: PROCLAIMING EMANCIPATION AT 150ArticlesIntroductionMartha S. Jones, Guest EditorHistory and Commemoration: The Emancipation Proclamation at 150James OakesReluctant to Emancipate? Another Look at the First Confiscation ActStephen Sawyer & William J. NovakEmancipation and the Creation of Modern Liberal States in America and FranceThavolia Glymph Rose's War and the Gendered Politics of a Slave Insurgency in the Civil WarMartha JonesEmancipation Encounters: The Meaning of Freedom from the Pages of Civil War SketchbooksBook ReviewsBooks ReceivedNotes on Contributors