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How did the emancipation proclamation affect the union and confederate armies?
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∙ 14y ago
The emancipation proclamation gave an added incentive for slaves to escape from their masters and join the army of the north, which many did. It was therefore a useful recruitment strategy for the Union.
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∙ 12y agoThe immediate effect was that Britain and France had to give up their plans to aid the Confederates, because it would make them look pro-slavery. This deprived the South of any real foreign support.
Lincoln was also hoping that it would revive Northern morale by turning the war into a moral crusade, though the mid-term elections did not reveal any new rush of abolitionism.
Although some slaves took advantage of the proclamation to leave their slaveowners, they had few places to go. Most who had wanted to leave the South had done so during the days of the "Underground Railroad" that helped escaping slaves, or during the confusion of the war.
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∙ 13y agoThe emancipation proclomation said to have freed all slaves, but since the Confederacy was still against the union, it did not have a a strong effect on the war.The reason being the south did not acknowledge the proclamation.
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∙ 12y agoIt gave them a licence to liberate any slaves they found, and these became useful semi-slave labour for the armies.
The proclamation also had the effect of preventing the British from helping the Confederates, so the Union troops felt at an advantage.
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∙ 12y agoFor the South, it was disaster, because free nations abroad could no longer aid the Confederates without looking pro-slavery.
For the North, this was obviously good news. But the Proclamation did not suddenly turn the North into a nation of Abolitionists, as the mid-term elections showed.
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∙ 12y agoThe Union army was delighted to have it in play with the war, but some people at home in the north got angry and rioted because they wanted there to be all slaves to be free instead of only the slaves in the south.
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Who enforced the emancipation proclamation?
The Emancipation Proclamation was enforce through the advancing Union armies. As the Union soldiers advanced, slaves were freed in their wake, therefore enforcing the Proclamation
What was the Union armies response to the Emancipation Proclamation?
It allowed African Americans to serve in non-combat positions only
What really freed the slave's the emancipation proclamation or the 13Th amendment?
The Emancipation Proclamation could only free slaves in areas held by Union Armies. It did not apply in neutral states (Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, etc.) and also didn't apply where Federal troops had not yet reached (Texas). The final emancipation occurred with the 13th Amendment.
What the Battle of Antietam meant for the Union Army in the future?
It enabled Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, which kept Britain and France out of the war. It meant that the Union armies would only have to face the dwindling numbers of the Confederates alone.
Did the Confederate Army have general in-chief of all their armies?
Yes, General Robert E. Lee was mad General in Chief of the confederate armies in Feb 1865.
Why did the emancipation not affect slaves in Louisiana?
Legally, it had no impact, because Louisiana was a member of Confederate States, over which Lincoln and his Proclamation had no authority. As for the prospect of Union armies liberating local slaves, those armies were urgently needed in Chattanooga, and did not occupy Louisiana.
Who enforced the emancipation proclamation?
The Emancipation Proclamation was enforce through the advancing Union armies. As the Union soldiers advanced, slaves were freed in their wake, therefore enforcing the Proclamation
What was the unions armies response to the emancipation proclamation?
It allowed African Americans to serve in non-combat positions only
What was the Union armies response to the Emancipation Proclamation?
It allowed African Americans to serve in non-combat positions only
What really freed the slave's the emancipation proclamation or the 13Th amendment?
The Emancipation Proclamation could only free slaves in areas held by Union Armies. It did not apply in neutral states (Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, etc.) and also didn't apply where Federal troops had not yet reached (Texas). The final emancipation occurred with the 13th Amendment.
How did Lincoln abloish slavery?
He didn't. Slavery was abolished by the thirteenth amendment to the Constitution, which was ratified after his death. He did issue the Emancipation Proclamation which said that all slaves in Confederate held territory as of January 1, 1863 would be free. This gave the Union armies the legal authority to free those slaves as they advanced.
What did the amacipation proclamation do?
The Emancipation Proclamation did absolutely nothing. It announced that if the South did not put down its weapons and end the war, that in 90 days, the slaves behind Confederate lines would be free. The Emancipation Proclamation announced to England that the Civil War was about doing away with slavery. It made it impossible for England to continue to provide material support for the South. The three warships England gave the South would be the last additions to the Confederate Navy. It ended the possibility of additional military support for the South. The promises that England and France made to the South of military intervention if the South would pullout of the Union, suddenly became impossible to keep. The South was suddenly on its own.It meant that when Union armies captured southern territory, the slaves would be added to the Union Armies. The South would lose workers and the Union would gain solders.
What legal argument gave union armies the right to free captured southern slaves?
Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, effective from January 1863, which declared all Southern slaves to be free.
Did slaves join the confederate of union armies?
the union armies
What happen to southern farms and plan tations during the Civil War?
From January 1863, when Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation became operative, Union troops were told to rob the enemy of his chattels, especially his slaves. From March 1864, when Grant became General-in-Chief, the policy was to devastate the best farmland in the South, in order to reduce the Confederate armies to starvation.
The confederacy appointed him the chief of the confederate armies in 1865?
Robert E. Lee was appointed chief of the Confederate Armies on February 6th 1865.
Commander-in-Chief of the confederate armies?
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America. As such he would have been the Commander in Chief of the Armies of the Confedracy.
