Civil War Discovery Ticket #2 Redemption Lesson

•Robert E. Lee has had several victories on Confederate soil….but nothing on Northern soil

•A victory on Northern soil would decrease northern support for the war, and perhaps, bring in Great Britain’s help!

•Lincoln wanted to abolish slavery, stating the “Union can’t survive half slave, half free”

•at the time, the US Constitution protected slavery where it existed

•During the war, the Confederacy began using their slaves in the war effort as cooks, grave diggers, etc…

•Lincoln presents his idea of Emancipation to his cabinet….

•Cabinet suggests waiting until the Union has a victory…Lincoln agrees…

•In desperation, Lincoln restored McClellan to command

•As Lee marched into Maryland he expected the Federals to abandon their 12,000-man garrison at Harper’s Ferry

•When they didn’t, Lee was forced to divide his army in order to deal with this threat to his rear

•Antietam was the bloodiest single day of the war

–The Confederates suffered 13,700 casualties out of 40,000 engaged

–The Federals lost 12,350 out of 87,000

•The battle ended as a tactical draw, but a strategic victory for the Federals because Lee was forced to withdraw back to Virginia

•It was enough of a victory for Lincoln to issue his Emancipation Proclamation

- It stated that all slaves in the Confederate States were free… unless…

-The states in the Confederacy rejoined the Union by January 1st, 1863. It did not free any slave in the Border States (Maryland, Kentucky, Delaware and Missouri)

1) stopped Lee’s second invasion of the North

2) major turning point in the war

3) Bloodiest battle in US history