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He was simplywaiting for a Union victory. It happened at Antietam (Sharpsburg).

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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.


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