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the president to use freed slaves in
the army in any capacity he saw fit
even used them as soldiers. These
acts would be a huge stepping
stone towards the Emancipation
Proclamation. One month after
the Union won the Battle of
reign and helped fight against the
Confederates. There were two major Antietam president Lincoln issued a
acts that led to these movements: preliminary proclamation that stated
a second confiscation act that freed that on January 1, 1863 slaves would
slaves of persons who had engaged “then, thenceforward, and forever
in rebellion against the Confederates free.” Lincoln tried to persuade the
and a militia act that empowered slave states but they had refused.
After the proclamation was at hand
