The unexpected Northern win at Antietam (Sharpsburg). It gave Lincoln the credibility to make this declaration without making it sound like a desperate measure.
-The Battle of Antietam
Antietam
Abraham Lincoln was against the act of slavery. Lincoln took part in the Civil war as a leader in the battle.
Antietam
Antietam (Sharpsburg) was the Union vixctory in September 1862 that gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, liberating the slaves in the rebel-states - in theory, but not of course in practice, since he did not control those states.
Abraham Lincoln went to see the battle field two weeks after the battle was fought.
Abraham Lincoln stated the Gettysburg Address after the Pennsylvania civil war.
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
The civil war
The Battle of Antietam.
Abraham Lincoln was the president during the United States Civil War
Abraham Lincoln Wanted to bring the nation together agin, it wasn't until later he passed the emancipation proclimation act to abolish slavery