Who could not seek amnesty under this oath of
allegiance? Check all that apply.
The persons excepted from the benefits of the foregoing
provisions are all who are, or shall have been, civil or
diplomatic officers or agents of the so-called Confederate
government; all who have left judicial stations under the
United States to aid the rebellion; all who are, or shall
have been, military or naval officers of said so-called
Confederate government above the rank of colonel in the
army or of lieutenant in the navy; all who left seats in the
United States congress to aid the rebellion; all who
resigned commissions in the army or navy of the United
States and afterwards aided the rebellion; and all who
have engaged in any way in treating colored persons, or
white persons in charge of such, otherwise than lawfully
as prisoners of war, and which persons may have been
found in the United States service as soldiers, seamen, or
in any other capacity.
- Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction,
Abraham Lincoln
former Confederate government officials
O congressional representatives or judges who had
left office to join the rebellion
commissioned officers of the US Army or US Navy
who had left to join the rebellion
O members of the Confederate army and navy
O people who mistreated African American soldiers
or white officers who were prisoners of war
Confederate military officers with the rank of
colonel or higher