Explain the significance of the battle of Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation.
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Abraham Lincoln used the occasion of the Antietam victory to issue his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation (September 22, 1862), announcing that unless the Confederates laid down their arms by January 1, 1863, he would free all slaves not residing in Union-controlled territory.
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- Explain the significance of the battle of Antietam and the Emancipation Proclamation
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- Abraham Lincoln used the occasion of the Antietam victory to issue his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation announcing that unless the Confederates laid down their arms by January 1, 1863, he would free all slaves not residing in Union-controlled territory.
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