History Unit 9 Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation Flashcards
What was the debate in contraband
What to do with runaway slaves in army camps?
What is Lincoln’s biggest goal
Save then Union
What do generals do with contraband
Gen. Butler uses them for labor
Gen. Fremont frees slaves in MO
Lincoln rejects–>he fears upsetting border states
What’s Lincoln’s more recent plan
He can’t avoid slavery issue for long
Creates emancipation plan
Needs a victory
Robert E Lee’s hopes
Hopes to ignite confederate uprising in MD (a border state) Also needs food for troops Hopes to surprise Union forces Union soldiers find battle plans Surprise is lost
Antietam
9/17/1962
Armies clash at Sharpesburg on Antietam Creek
Single bloodiest day in American history
23,000 dead or wounded
Lee retreats to VA
Abe Lincoln has his victory
Burnside bridge
Part of the battlefield at Antietam where there was heavy fighting
Who was the Union General at Antietam
General Andrew Burnside
What after Antietam changed the perception of the war
Matthew Brady’s the Dead at Antietam
The Emancipation Proclamation
Sept. 22nd 1862
Frees slaves in all states still in rebellion
Not border states
Not Union army controlled areas
Effects of the Emancipation Proclamation
Hanged tone of the war by freeing slaves
Ends confederate hopes of European recognition
Encourages free African Americans to join the union army
Turning point in the war
War in the east: explain controversy between Lincoln and McClellan
Lincoln urges McClellan to attack McClellan waits Lincoln refuses more troops Peninsular campaign (July 1862) --> fails McClellan fired Reinstated after 2nd bull run
What was the first union victory of the war (it occurred out west)
Ft. Donelson
What was another union battle victory
Shiloh (20000 casualties)
