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As the first Northern victory since Robert E.Lee was put in command of Confederate troops, it gave Lincoln a chance to issue his Emancipation Proclamation without making it sound like a desperate measure.

This turned the war into a crusade against slavery (which it hadn't been), and made it impossible for the British to intervene on the side of the Confederates without looking pro-slavery.

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