Antietam, the first major battle where Lee was defeated.
It allowed Lincoln to make the proclamation from a position of strength, and not as a desperate measure.
Antietam (Sharpsburg).
It was an unexpected Northern win that gave Lincoln the opportunity to issue the Proclamation without making it look like a desperate measure.
The battle of Antietam
Antietam
Sharpsburg.
It was issued after the Battle of Antietam
Antietam (Sharpsburg)
Freeing the slaves in the Confederacy.Lincoln issued the first Emancipation Proclamation shortly after the Battle of Antietam. It would take effect January 1, 1863.This did not effect any European power from formal recognition. least of all the world's most powerful empire with millions of "Native Peoples " under their control. One can call it forced labor. The British had already given the Confederacy "de facto " recognition as it had a constitution, a government and an army.
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued 1 January 1863. It was issued during the American Civil War. This took place from 1861-1865.
Sharpsburg.
The Battle of Antietam was very important to the Emancipation Proclamation because it was the final battle of the Civil War. The treaty was signed at Antietam Courthouse and the Emancipation Proclamation declared slaves free, which was the whole point in the Civil War.
It was issued after the Battle of Antietam
Antietam (Sharpsburg)
The Emancipation Proclamation. an Address Delivered In Boston In September, 1862 The Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, vol. 11
After, it allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
Freeing the slaves in the Confederacy.Lincoln issued the first Emancipation Proclamation shortly after the Battle of Antietam. It would take effect January 1, 1863.This did not effect any European power from formal recognition. least of all the world's most powerful empire with millions of "Native Peoples " under their control. One can call it forced labor. The British had already given the Confederacy "de facto " recognition as it had a constitution, a government and an army.
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued 1 January 1863. It was issued during the American Civil War. This took place from 1861-1865.
The Battle of Antietam
The Emancipation Proclomation
The Union's victory at Antietam, was an important defeat, which President Lincoln needed, in order to issue the first portion of the Emancipation Proclamation, so that it would have an affect, and impact on the south. The battle of Antietam ended in the Union's victory on September 18, 1862, and the draft issue of the Emancipation Proclamation was issued on September 22, 1862.
While it wasn't immediately following, the Battle of Antietam and the Union victory there gave President Lincoln the push to issue the proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1, 1863.