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=Proclamation Of Amnesty= == The Proclamation of Amnesty was Lincoln's plan to reconcile the south with the Union instead of punishing it for treason. He offered what is called general amnesty which was a pardon to all southerners who took an oath of loyalty to the United States and accepted the Union's proclamations concerning slavery. Members of t he former Confederate government, officers of the Confederate army, and former federal judges, members of congress and military officers or any one else who left their post to help the confederacy would not receive amnesty.