The Confederates lost which also ended slavery.
It gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation without making it sound like a desperate measure.
The great battle of Gettysburg NEW RESPONDENT The Battle of Antietam.
It was the unexpected Northern victory that gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, without making it sound like a desperate gesture. This made it impossible for the British to intervene on the Confederate side without looking pro-slavery.
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after the Battle of Antietam to shift the focus of the Civil War from just preserving the Union to also include the abolition of slavery. The victory at Antietam provided the political momentum and military opportunity for Lincoln to make this significant decision.
No. It marked the failure of Lee's planned invasion of Pennsylvania, and his army was nearly destroyed. The battle also had a further significance that would lead to Confederate defeat - it gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. This meant that Britain and France could not aid the South without looking pro-slavery.
It gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation without making it sound like a desperate measure.
The great battle of Gettysburg NEW RESPONDENT The Battle of Antietam.
It was the unexpected Northern victory that gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, without making it sound like a desperate gesture. This made it impossible for the British to intervene on the Confederate side without looking pro-slavery.
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after the Battle of Antietam to shift the focus of the Civil War from just preserving the Union to also include the abolition of slavery. The victory at Antietam provided the political momentum and military opportunity for Lincoln to make this significant decision.
It gave Lincoln the credibility to issue his Emancipation Proclamation, which stopped the British from sending aid to the Confederacy, because it would make them look pro-slavery themselves.
It gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation, which kept Britain and France from helping the South. (It would have made them look pro-slavery themselves.)
After, it allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation
No. It marked the failure of Lee's planned invasion of Pennsylvania, and his army was nearly destroyed. The battle also had a further significance that would lead to Confederate defeat - it gave Lincoln the credibility to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. This meant that Britain and France could not aid the South without looking pro-slavery.
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.
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.
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.
Lincoln waited until after the Battle of Antietam to issue the Emancipation Proclamation because he wanted to wait for a Union victory to give the proclamation more credibility and show that the Union was in a stronger position.