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The Union feared Great Britain and France would recognise the Confederate States as a sovereign nation and intervene on their behalf. This meant these two countries would increase their aid to the South and raised the very real prospect of them sending troops to the battlefield. Had Lee and his army gained a victory on Union soil these fears would probably have come to pass. At best the battle was a draw.

The Union however claimed Antietam a victory and Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. The war took on a new complexion. Not only was it being fought to preserve the Union, but also to end slavery. Lincoln knew Great Britain and France would not fight against the abolition of slavery, thus the threat of foreign intervention disappeared.

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