1. The Emancipation
Proclamation

2. Yes. I freed the
Slaves

3. But it’s a
Long
Story.

4. You WANNA
Hear
About it?

5. Let Me get
Comfortable

6. And Switch to
Third
Person

7. Lincoln Never
Planned ON BEING a Hero
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8. It Started As A
Limited
War
Photo by Michael Kappel

9. The only
Goal?
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10. Preserve
THE UNION
Photo by Rennett Stowe

11. It should have been
Photo by josémaría

12. Manufacturing Workers
Material Advantages
South
North
Population
Farm Acreage
Manufacturing Workers
Bank Capital
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14. The Union’s strategy for victory
The Anaconda Plan 3 2 1
The Union’s strategy for victory

15. The Union’s strategy for victory
The Anaconda Plan 3 2 1
The Union’s strategy for victory
Naval Blockade

16. The Union’s strategy for victory
The Anaconda Plan 3 2
Control the Mississippi 1
The Union’s strategy for victory
Naval Blockade

17. The Union’s strategy for victory
The Anaconda Plan 3
Capture Richmond 2
Control the Mississippi 1
The Union’s strategy for victory
Naval Blockade

18. NOT SO 3
Easy
Capture Richmond

19. 1862 Eastern Theater ROBERT E. LEE Battle State Victory
Peninsula Campaign VA
Confederate
Seven Days
Second Manassas
ROBERT E. LEE

20. Yeah. I’m
Awesome!

21. Antietam Bloodiest single day of the war September 17, 1862 CASUALTIES
USA
CSA
KILLED
2,108
1,546
WOUNDED
9,540
7,752
CAPT/MISS
753
1,018
TOTAL
12,401
10,316

22. A Tactical DRAW

23. A Failure.

24. Lee Wasn’t
Beaten

25. You’re fired!

26. Or maybe a Victory?

27. Yeah, That!

28. Lee Didn’t
Win
This was a first.

29. Time To
redefine
The War?

31. LINCOLN
Hesitates

32. “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.

33. “If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.

34. “What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union.”
-- Abraham Lincoln (August 22, 1862)

35. Barriers TO EMANCIPATION:

36. Barriers TO EMANCIPATION:
The Constitution

37. Barriers TO EMANCIPATION:
The Constitution
The Border States

38. Barriers TO EMANCIPATION:
The Constitution
The Border States
PRESERVING the Union

39. Testing The Waters
Photo by cybergibbons

40. Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
September 22, 1862

41. “On the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free….

42. Photo Credit: *ZOom2

43. I’m Gonna Count to Three.
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44. 1/1/1863

45. Clock’s Ticking
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46. The Clock Will Strike Midnight.
1/1/1863
The Clock Will Strike Midnight.
Photo by SFAntti

47. BY WHAT
Authority?

48. “Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion…”

49. A Necessary
War
Measure

50. Exceptions

51. “On the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free….

52. Areas NOT Covered
Areas Covered

53. How many Slaves
Did This Free?
Areas NOT Covered
Areas Covered

54. Photo by Daniel Y. Go

55. Then Why?
Photo by Daniel Y. Go

57. The
Moral
High Ground

58. An Army of Liberation
Photo by Shadowrune

59. The North's new goals:
Preserve
THE UNION

60. The North's new goals:
Preserve
This has NOT changed.
THE UNION

61. The North's new goals:
Preserve
Free
&
THE UNION
SLAVES

62. This is a new development.
The North's new goals:
Free
&
This is a new development.
SLAVES

63. Undermined

64. Diplomatic
Recognition?

65. Help us?

66. No, Thanks!

67. A new source of manpower.
Black
Enlistment
A new source of manpower.
Photo by Frank Swift

68. The Old Flag Never Touched the Ground, which depicts the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment at the attack on Fort Wagner, South Carolina, on July 18, 1863.