Page 24 - HP1A 008 American Civil War

battle fought at Antietam by the

Union. Lincoln freed all slaves in

the rebellious states after January

1, 1863 by this Emancipation

Proclamation. However, the slaves

in the border states that were loyal

to the Union were not freed because

the Proclamation did not go too far. soldiers joined the Union army

Still, the Emancipation Proclamation because they knew that they would

stopped the Confederate states from have better lives in the North than in

having more slaves to be used. Also, the South.

this helped the international public

to support the Union side against In the spring of 1863, Hooker had

slavery. Eventually, 186,000 black planned to attack the Confederate