Emancipation Proclamation
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- September 15, 1862Confederate General Robert E. Lee positions his men behind the Antietam Creek and waits for Union General George B. McClellan to arrive.
- September 16, 1862On the afternoon of September 16, Union general George B. McClellan sets his army in motion, heading east of Lee.
- OnSeptember 17, 1862, McClellan ordered his troops to attack. The Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest one-day battle in American history.
- Do not retreat!
- Fire!
- Lincoln announced the Emancipation in February 1865, two months before his assasination.
- The Battle of Antietam was a crucial Union Victory.
- It also setthe stage for Abraham Lincoln to end slavery in the South.
- It is with deep honor that we announce our victory in the Antietam Battle!
- This victory is not only in the name of the Union, but also in the name of those who seek freedom!
- I will keep up with my promise and issue my preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, but in order to be constitutional after the war ends, I must enact a Constitutional amendment to abolish slavery.
- Lincoln said that if the Union could drive Lee's forces from Northern soil, he would issue a proclamation ending slavery, and so was the event.
- By the end of January 1865, both houses of Congress had passed the 13th Amendment, and it was ratified that December.
- Lincoln and his allies began working to enact a Constitutional amendment abolishing slavery.
- It is my greatest and most enduring contribution to the history of the war.
- It is, in fact, the central act of my administration, and the great event of the 19th century.
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