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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
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