The Emancipation Proclomation and Gettysburg

January 1, 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation was put into effect. When Lincoln worded it he had to be very careful since he didn't want to upset the border states. If he upset Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and Delaware then they would side with the Confederates which would double their size. Since the border states were slave states and they needed slaves, Lincoln had to be careful what the Emancipation Proclamation said very carefully to please most people. It stated that slaves in certain states and certain places were now free and the government would treat them like free citizens. The turning point in the war was Vicksburg and Gettysburg. There were so many problems going on in the south including a bad economy, lost slave-labor, and many soldier were leaving the army. Lee wanted to force North to call for peace and to gain foreign intervention for the south however they ended up retreating to Virginia. It was the bloodiest battle in the civil war with 50 thousand casualties. After the defeat for the confederates at Gettysburg, the rest of the war was in favor of the union.

This is Abraham Lincoln signing the Emancipation Proclamation and putting it into effect.

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This is a picture of Gettysburg and it shows how close they fought to each other.

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