Union General Ed McCook reads the Emancipation Proclamation in Tallahassee

11 May Union General Ed McCook reads the Emancipation Proclamation in Tallahassee

Union General Ed McCook reads the Emancipation Proclamation in Tallahassee, Florida, and raised the US flag over the capitol. This ended slavery in Florida as a matter of law. A celebration of freedom is held at Bull Pond in Tallahassee (now called Lake Ella).