Question

Why did Lincoln feel it was important to identify himself not only as president but also as commander-in-chief of the armed forces at the time of the Emancipation Proclamation?

Answer 1

Lincoln felt it was important to also identify himself as commander in chief because as the president, he is also the head of the country's armed forces in not only foreign affairs but also internal affairs. He makes the decisions regarding war, and he can always be shot down using checks and balances, but as the president he makes decisions that he feels would be best for the country. In this case, what he feels is best for the country is that "the war will be prosecuted for the object of practically restoring the constitutional relation between the United States, and each of the States, and the people thereof, in which States that relation is, or may be, suspended or disturbed."

Answer 2

it certainly is reasonable for a Lincoln establish his authority to issue it by nothing he is president of the United States by adding the fact that is commander-in-chief and emphasized that the EP is a military measure designed to restore the union and to return the Confederate states to the union