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June 2, 2011 I SEE IT MEANS: The men's arms are turned a weird way. They look like they are linking arms and putting a cigar in their hands into the others mouth. The color in the clothing gives a clue that its their own arms turned in a weird direction to put a cigar in their own mouths.
 * 1) Two men are putting their cigars into their own mouth.
 * 2) The man with the beard has green stripes on his uniform.

It is a picture of brothers. They are twins. But they fought on different sides of the war. One is part of the Union and the other is part of the Confederacy. I think its weird how two people of the same family, especially twins who usually have closer bonds, are on different sides of the war.

The picture is taken in Antietam-34,000 Americans were killed, the most deaths in a day in history.

They were in the same state but different sides. The family was anti-slavery, but one son is in the Confederacy. Antietam- US were recruiting and CS were recruiting. If you don't join you are not a MAN.

I would not take the task from the President. I want to stay with my state, even though it goes against my belief. This is the place i grew up and i don't want to become a traitor to it. I don't want to kill the people i know, i want to defend them. I don't want to destroy the places i have been familiar with, i want to protect them.

In this time, many people died no matter what side they are on. Robert E. Lee was an abolitionist, but was known to be a Confederate Leader.

The war becomes a fight for their lives, rather than the main objective which is slavery.

June 6, 2011

Civil War Themes: The following are important big ideas that must be referred back to. Mark down any examples of these conflicts and how the people had responded.

Similarities and Differences between the states who had seceded:
 * 1) Morality(conscience) VS financial stability
 * 2) Defend a home state or a home country? Either way you are losing part of your home.
 * 3) Morality VS military strategy
 * 4) Fellow Americans or Traitors, or both?
 * All the seceding states had an ordinance to dissolve the Union between each of the seceding states and the rest of the other states. They all repealed the acts that they had to obey when they were part of the Union. They wanted popular sovereignty; they wanted to govern themselves. They say that they are not part of the Government that they were in when they were in the Union.
 * Some states had their own Declaration lof Independence. The states seceded for different reasons. Some seceded beacuse of the violence, some just disagreed with the Union and their ways.

APPARTS- __Author__-Texas __Prior knowledge__- It was the seventh to leave the Union __Point of view/ Setting__- The state of Texas/ Austin, Feb. 1, 1861 __Audience__- The Union/ The U.S. Government __Reason__- That the actions of the North violates what is promised by the Constitution and the compact of the states. The Government has failed in the needs of protecting Texans' property and people __The main point__- Texas is seceding because they are unhappy with their Government __Significance__-It was a large state and it is then after this document, part of the Confederate States

__Author__- South Carolina __Prior knowledge__- It was the first state to secede from the Union __Point of view/ Setting__ - The state of South Carolina/ Charleston, Dec. 20, 1860 __Audience__- The Union/ The U.S. Government __Reason__- Not happy with the Government and the thought of seceding had already popped up in South Carolina but this time it really occurred. __The main point__- Unhappiness with the Government __Significance__- It was the first state to secede and it started a great "trend" where the almost all of the South had seceded too.

Reflection: No, I would not sign the secession act because if i was not happy with my Government I would not want to leave it. I would petition my Government. Leaving the Union is not beneficial because then things like trade of goods and food will have stopped. Like before/in the Civil War i would lose all my rights that I once had in my old Government. What is even worse if if my successfully seceded nation has a worse Government than that of the former Government I was part of. //** GLOGSTER-TIMELINE: **// []

media type="custom" key="9689072" North's Strategy: Anaconda Plan-The plan was to have the U.S. Navy block off the South from the rest of the world. this will effect their economy, trade, and maybe even the food supply. The plan's goal was for the South to surrender. South's Strategy: Cotton Diplomacy- Cotton is a really important crop. It is used world wide and in the South, It is where the cotton is grown. The South embargoed countries like Britain and France because they failed to recognize the South as an independent nation. Britain became angry at the blackmail attempt. The South's plan failed. Trade might even might have seized between Britain and the South.

My Choice: If I had a choice, I would have chosen the Anaconda Plan. It didn't require any other country to help us out, just the U.S. Navy putting the plan to action. The chances of the Anaconda Plan being successful is also higher than the Cotton Diplomacy plan.

Weapons and their influence in the Civil War ﻿[BELOW]

June 7, 2011 1. What was the strategy for the Union in fighting the war? What was the strategy for the Confederacy? Which would you think is more effective? Why? - The Union's strategy of war is the Anaconda Plan. The Union would use a blockade in the sea and block the South from the rest of the world. The Confederacy tried to use Cotton Diplomacy. They wanted other countries to help them in the fight and have other countries recognize then as an independent nation. They embargoed other countries and the blackmail only got them angry, so it failed and was ineffective. I think that the Anaconda Plan would be more effective because it requires only the Union to take charge and action. The Union Navy blockade stopped trade mainly between the south and Britain because they want the South to lose their big customer, a foreign country, Britain. The Confederates want to defend their homes (they need to trade cotton to have money to support the war.) Robert E. Lee was a Confederate general who refused Lincoln's offer of being the general of the U.S. Army. Lee wanted to be like George Washington-George Washington ran away from many battles because if the army is still there then the war is still on.

2. Make a list of reasons supporting and opposing the use of technology during the Civil War. - Supporting: It took less time to reload, it allowed a farther range, it was more effective in taking down the enemy. Opposing: The Union's goal should have been to stop the war. It should have been the reunite the Union, so why have effective weapons to shoot down men that are going to be in the Union once again. [HERE] ﻿ (Camouflage Tents)(Gatling Gun- 200 rounds a minute). Many people died because of the Gatling gun- their FORMATION was in straight lines so of the Gatling Gun were to shoot in a horizontal line, all the people in the lines are dead. Rows and Rows of men was shot and THIS was the factor of why there were so many deaths during the civil war. [The soldiers kept the formation they used when they had used muskets to fire at people.] (ironclad)- Navy Ship, made of metal plates, effective protection. The downside is that it's really hot inside especially on a hot day- to battle in a 190 degree metal boat, fries the men because it was so hot. (New Bullets)- called mini balls, are effective in killing. (Hot air Balloons)- the people in the balloon can see the enemy but the enemy cant, even if it is shot, it can still go. The downside is that the only way to douse the fire, is the put it out but if you drop to fast, you must quickly start the fire again, seems impossible. (rifled muskets)- not the first time rifles are used.

3. Who do you think was winning the war by 1863? Why do you think that? -I think that so far the winners of the war are the Union. They have effectively won many battles, I think that it totals up more than that of the Confederacy. Also, the ﻿Anaconda Plan works. The blockade successfully blocks the South from trading with the rest of the world. The Union was more successful in the war because of more deaths, it is expected there to be more deaths. Confederacy 2 advantages: 1. they aren't trying to conquer land, they just need to defend/survival/ home turf- the south need independence but the North needed the South. 2. effective, competent officers. Most Army officers in the South. If the southern officers are going back to the South, we need to have Northern soldiers, so we need to pay for people to be in the army. The people bought by money to be in the army, have no experience and will die almost immediately in a battle.

June 8,2011

How and why did the Confederacy's strategy for fighting the Civil War change in 1863? Robert E. Lee had to get shoes for the army, but the South doesn't produce or make the shoes, so they must go INVADE the North for shoes. Gettysburg, PA-the biggest bloodiest battle in U.S. history and the Battle of Gettysburg was also important because it was the turning point. The confederacy was winning but it changed to the Union.

Major Battles of the Civil War 1861-1863

The Battle of Gettysburg:
 * Comments, Questions, Connections, Inferences predictions || Battle/Date || Victor || Significance ofBattle ||
 * If the Confederates had pursued the Union as the Union was retreating, I think that there would have been a different outcome. || 1stBull Run || Confederate || Both the Confederate and the Union thought that they would win. In a surprising turn of events, the Confederates had the Union soldiers running for their lives. ||
 * I wish that the North knew from the start that there was no other choice other than to put down the rebellion with force. They probably would have won the 1st Bull Run. || Shiloh || Union || All the while, the North's goal was to have the rebellion crumble and end on its own. After this battle, the Union can see that it won't happen and that the only way was to defeat the enemy in the battle. ||
 * I think that if Lee was on the Union side, the Union would have a great victory. If he was on the Union side, the Civil War might have been shorter too. || 2ndBull Run || Confederate || With the great leader Robert E. Lee on the Confederate side, the Confederate was able to get a victory. He had tricked Pope, before the other part of his army was able to reach him, and battled them. He won the battle with this tactic. ||
 * I think that all these deaths are unnecessary! So many soldiers had died, didn't need to. I don't see that there was any reason for Lee to keep on sending men to death, when it was obviously not working out. || Antietam || Neither || It was the Bloodiest battle that went down in the war and in history. Lee had left the battle after seeing that there were so many heavy casualties. Both sides together led there to be the greatest amount of deaths compared to all the other battles. A Horrifying sight.. ||
 * I think that Lee is very clever. He was able to get a victory off of a Union's surprise attack. || Fredricksburg || Confederate || Robert E. Lee defeated Burnside in this battle. Burnside thought that a surprise attack was the way to go but Lee amazingly ended up still being able to kill the enemy leading to their win. ||

// (Refer to [|Map 2] as you read the description of the battle.) // Units of the Union and the Confederate armies met near Gettysburg on June 30, 1863, and each quickly requested reinforcements. The main battle opened on July 1, with early morning attacks by the Confederates on Union troops on McPherson Ridge, west of the town. Though outnumbered, the Union forces held their position. The fighting escalated throughout the day as more soldiers from each army reached the battle area. By 4 p.m., the Union troops were overpowered, and they retreated through the town, where many were quickly captured. The remnants of the Union force fell back to Cemetery Hill and Culp's Hill, south of town. The Southerners failed to pursue their advantage, however, and the Northerners labored long into the night regrouping their men. Throughout the night, both armies moved their men to Gettysburg and took up positions in preparation for the next day. By the morning of July 2, the main strength of both armies had arrived on the field. Battle lines were drawn up in sweeping arcs similar to a "J," or fishhook shape. The main portions of both armies were nearly a mile apart on parallel ridges [I think that when it mentions par﻿allel lines, it means that their formation is straight and both the Norht and the South are facing each other head on] : Union forces on Cemetery Ridge, Confederate forces on Seminary Ridge, to the west. General Robert E. Lee, commanding the Confederate troops, ordered attacks against the Union left and right flanks (ends of the lines). Starting in late afternoon, Confederate General James Longstreet's attacks on the Union left made progress, but they were checked by Union reinforcements brought to the fighting from the Culp's Hill area and other uncontested parts of the Union battle line. To the north, at the bend and barb of the fishhook (the other flank), Confederate General Richard Ewell launched his attack in the evening as the fighting at the other end of the fishhook was subsiding. Ewell's men seized part of Culp's Hill, but elsewhere they were repulsed. The day's results were indecisive for both armies. In the very early morning of July 3, the Union army forced out the Confederates who had successfully taken Culp's Hill the previous evening. Then General Lee, having attacked the ends of the Union line the previous day, decided to assail the Union. The attack was preceded by a two hour artillery bombardment of Cemetery Hill and Ridge. For a time, the massed guns of both armies were engaged in a thunderous duel for supremacy. The Union defensive position held. In a final attempt to gain the initiative and win the battle, Lee sent approximately 12,000 soldiers across the one mile of open fields that separated the two armies near the Union center. General George Meade, commander of the Union forces, anticipated such a move and had readied his army. The Union lines did not break. Only every other Southerner who participated in this action retired to safety. Despite great courage, the attack (sometimes called Pickett's Charge or Longstreet's assault) was repulsed with heavy losses. Crippled by extremely heavy casualties in the three days at Gettysburg, the Confederates could no longer continue the battle, and on July 4 they began to withdraw from Gettysburg. [The battle was a wavering win-lose situation for both the Confederates and the Union. In the end the Confederates, with too many casualties withdrew from the battle. It was a Union victory.]
 * Determining the Facts **
 * Reading 1: Three Days of Carnage at Gettysburg **

**1.** Which army had the advantage after the first day of fighting? What were some reasons for their success? Could they have been even more successful? The army that had the advantage after the first day of fighting were the Confederates. The Confederate army outnumbered the Union army and when both sides had more reinforcements come in, the Confederates overpowered the Union army. Yes, the Confederates could have been more successful but they didn't go after the retreating Union. **2.** What was the situation by the evening of July 2? By the evening of July 2 the Confederates were able to get the part of Culp's Hill. They had attacked at the ends of the Union army. The results couldn't be decided. **3.** What evidence from the previous day's fighting brought General Lee to decide on the strategy for Pickett's Charge on July 3? What was the result of that assault? General Lee decided to assail the Union because the previous day, the Confederates were able to attack the ends of the Union line. In the end of the charge, the result was unsuccessful because there were a lot of deaths. **4.** Why did General Lee decide to withdraw from Gettysburg?

General Lee withdrew from Gettysburg because there were just too many casualties from the three days. So the battle couldn't continue after that.

//Reading 1 was adapted from the National Park Service's visitor's guide for Gettysburg National Military Park.//


 * Determining the Facts **


 * Reading 2: Perspectives of Participants in the Battle **

[|Perspectives of Participants in the Battle -- Part A.docx] From Jen :D

**Part B: The Call to Duty** In 1861 Georgian Edward Porter Alexander was an officer in the U.S. Army stationed in Washington Territory. He commanded the 1st Corps, C.S.A. Reserve Artillery at Gettysburg, and later in his career took command of the entire First Corps' artillery. He was responsible for mounting the large bombardment preceding Longstreet's assault on July 3. Alexander rose to the rank of Brigadier General in the Confederate army and survived the war. He later wrote:

Of course as soon as the news of the secession of Georgia reached us at Fort Steilacoom, some three or four weeks after the event, I knew that I would finally have to resign from the U.S. Army. But I did not believe war inevitable & I felt sure I could get a place not inferior in a Southern army, & I really never realized the gravity of the situation. As soon as the right to secede was denied by the North I strongly approved of its assertion & maintenance by force if necessary. And being young & ambitious in my profession I was anxious to take my part in everything going on. As it soon became clear that our detachment would be ordered to return to the East...I waited for the orders to come & to get back to the East before resigning.

I did not feel any doubt about what I had to do under the circumstances. Georgia had seceded. All the seceded states had united & organized a Confederacy, & the Confederacy was raising an army. The only place for me was in that army. [this soldier believed that he too, like Robert E. Lee, would serve not the U.S. Army now that his home state of Georgia has seceded.] So in the course of a day or two I had a talk with [his Commanding Officer] McPherson, telling him that I felt bound to resign & go home, & asking that he would receive & forward my resignation & give me leave of absence that I might sail on same steamer taking it & not be required to wait in California to receive its acceptance, which would detain me about two months.

McPherson's reply was remarkable....He said: ' Aleck if you must go I will do all I can to facilitate your going. But don't go. These orders, sent by Pony Express to stop you here, are meant to say to you that if you wish to keep out of the war which is coming you can do so. You will not be required to go into the field against your own people, but will be kept out on this coast on fortification duty. Gen. Totten likes you & wants to keep you in the corps & that is what this order means'....His earnest talk impressed me deeply & made me realize that a crisis in my life was at hand....I could only answer this: ' Mac, My people are going to war, & war for their liberty. If I don't come & bear my part they will believe me a coward--and I will feel that I am occupying the position of one. I must go and stand my chances. [He too feels that it is a duty and if he doesn't it will make him seem like a coward. He is a soldier and wants to fight for his home state.] ' ...I told McPherson we were going to fight for our ' liberty.' That was the view the whole South took of it. It was not for slavery but the sovereignty of the states, which is practically the right to resume self government or to secede. [He says that the fight is about the right to secede. So, whwat happened to the fight practically based on slavery?]

//Reprinted from// Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of General Edward Porter Alexander. //Edited by Gary W. Gallagher. Copyright 1989 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher.//

**" ** Andrew Baker was a soldier in the 22nd North Carolina Infantry, C.S.A., Pettigrew's brigade . He participated in the brutal fighting that opened the battle on July 1 and in the culmination on July 3 . He wrote about his experience on the final day of fighting for the magazine of a Confederate veterans' organization. The Capt. W. T. Magruder to whom he referred was a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and fought for the Union as a captain in the 1st U.S. Cavalry until October 1, 1862. Magruder then joined the Confederate army, became a captain in the 26th North Carolina Infantry, and died at Gettysburg at the hands of his former comrades. Baker wrote about that action:
 * Part C: Changes in Loyalty **

//When we reached to within one hundred yards of the plank fence, which stood on the opposite side of the road passing the cemetery to that of the stone fence, the officers of the Eleventh Mississippi had been largely killed or wounded,  and the  officer who seemed to be in command was Capt. John V. Moore , of the University Grays. He was then in front of Company D, endeavoring to hold the regiment back in line with the troops on our right. I hallooed to him, saying: ' John, for heaven's sake give the command to charge.' He replied that he could not take the responsibility. I then, without authority, gave the command myself, which was promptly repeated and responded to, at which time a run was made for the fence and over it . Just after getting over the fence, and when about half way across the road, I was shot down . The balance of the command which had not been killed or wounded rushed on and jumped the stone fence, charging rapidly to the top of Cemetery Ridge, in line with the Twenty-sixth North Carolina on the right. ////Just after I had fallen I looked to my right, where a little house stood, just against which the end of the stone fence rested on either side. Behind this house some ten or twelve of the Twenty-sixth North Carolina boys for a moment halted, with Capt. W. T. Magruder, who had been formerly a colonel of cavalry in the U.S. army, and who had resigned after the emancipation proclamation and had joined our army, said to them: ' Men, remember your mothers, wives, and sisters at home, and do not halt here.' All responded in a moment, and rushed on to rejoin the regiment, then going to the top of Cemetery Heights. <span style="background: yellow; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">Capt. Magruder himself leaped the stone fence on the western side of the house, and was shot down at once, either as he went over the fence or just after getting over it. //" From Kristen :)

**//Part A: A Soldier's View of Gettysburg//**
 * Main Idea :**

A soldier of the Union army became in command of his regiment and he was to march his unit to Gettysburg. They marched nonstop in harsh conditions, by the time they go to Gettysburg, the men dropped onto the field where they slept. Surrounding them were bodies of dead and wounded men. They did not fight much during the first two days but then they were really hit. The men fought back until General Lee and his army fled to Virginia.

**"1.** What part did Elisha Hunt Rhodes play at Gettysburg?

Elisha was a private in the Union army but then he became commander of his regiment. He was leading the men of the Union army to fight at Gettysburg. Here, because of his exhausted men, he expresses how they fought continuously until the men dropped to the ground to sleep next to the dead and wounded men.

**2.** How was he able to justify the suffering endured by the Union troops?

He continuously told how exhausted the men were and how they just dropped to the ground due to exhaustion. The men march 34 miles nonstop and that was when they just dropped to the ground next to the dead and wounded men along with the horses and weapons on the field. The Union troops had to march in the rain, with muddy conditions and then to rest in wet clothing with nothing to cover themselves with.

**3.** How did he respond to the Union victory?

Rhodes was extremely happy about the Union's victory. They Union army started to march back slowly due to the terrible conditions. Rhodes mentions that he wants to know what the South are thinking of the "Yankees" now because of the victory. He thinks that the South wouldn't dare to invade the North again. " From Jen :D

//**Part B: The Call to Duty**// ﻿Main idea: When a soldier's home country is seceding and is leaving the Union, there seems to be a feeling of duty to battle alongside your people for liberty. (There is a hard conflicting feeling to stay in the Union Army or go battle with your people, either way, a choice must be made.) **1.** How did Edward Porter Alexander feel about Georgia's secession? I think that Alexander's feelings about Georgia's secession seems to be no for the secession: "As soon as the right to secede was denied by the North I strongly approved of its assertion & maintenance by force if necessary." **2.** What option did the U.S. Army provide Alexander to avoid becoming involved in the conflict? They told him that to avoid being involved in the conflict, all he has to do is not get out in the field because he is not required to fight the people in his home state. This means that he doesn't need to be part of this war; he doesn't have to battle. They allowed him to take fortification duty. **3.** How did he justify his choice? Alexander justified his answer by saying that he wants to be part of the battle on the side of his people. They are fighting fo their liberty and if he isn't part of it, the may be seen as a coward. //**Part C: Changes in Loyalty**// //<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; line-height: 115%;">"Main Idea: This was a soldier in the Confederate Army who was at the third day of the Battle of Gettysberg. During battle he was shot. As he was lying on the ground wounded he saw a captain named Capt. W.T Magruder get shot down in battle also. Magruder died at this battle. //

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1.Consider Andrew Baker's vivid descriptions of the valiant behavior exhibited in the chaos of battle. Describe the actions of Captain W. T. Magruder. Speculate on his motivations for fighting in both armies before his death at Gettysburg.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A: Magruder was a Valiant soldier. He fought in both armies during the Civil War. I think he did this because he was pro slavery. Magruder also was a good guy for telling the soldiers who were just standing there to move. He also trusted Baker and hopped the wall like Baker did.

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**2.** Why did Captain John Moore not give the order to charge? How might you have felt in his place?

<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; line-height: 14px;">A: I think Moore did not give the order to charge because he knew it wasn't safe. He knew that if any soldiers did they would get shot which is what happened. I think I would've felt pressured and scared in his place because he had to make a decision that could cost someone their life." From Kristen :)

//**All Parts**// **1.** How does reading these personal accounts compare with reading summaries of Civil War battles in textbooks? Do they make you more aware of the personal suffering of the participants? I think that it gives me a better and more personal perspective of the Civil War. The battle in the text book seems so dull, nothing of interesting experiences. I like that I can get a whole new perspective of the Civil War. **2.** What are some disadvantages of relying on personal accounts of historical events? I think that a disadvantage of relying on personal accounts is that they might be a fake and not true. The accounts might also have exaggerated facts.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Geneva;">Reading 3: The Gettysburg Address November 19, 1863 **

With more than two years of war gone by, and with no certain end in sight, President Abraham Lincoln needed to reassure, buoy, and rededicate the spirit of the nation to continue the struggle until its ultimate end. He accomplished this when he was asked to deliver "a few appropriate remarks" at the dedication of a cemetery for the Gettysburg Union dead:

Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.

Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we cannot dedicate­ we cannot consecrate­ we can not hallow ­this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us­ that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion­­ that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain­­ that this nation, under God [this reminded me of the pledge of allegiance], shall have a new birth of freedom­­ and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. [I just like the way this sounds. He sounds like its really for the people.]

**1.** How long after the battle did Lincoln give his address? It has been 3 months since the battle that Lincoln gave this speech. **2.** What did he say about the men who were buried in the cemetery? Lincoln said that the "...dead shall not have died in the vain that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." - Basically he is saying that they didn't die for nothing, we will work hard to reach our goal. **3.** How did he give meaning to their sacrifice? Lincoln gave meaning to their sacrifice as a purpose and that it was worth a great deal to reach the ultimate goal of the war. **4.** What was it that Lincoln wanted the people of the United States to do for the dead soldiers?

Lincoln wants the United States to thank what they have done and appreciate that they risked and lost their lives for the cause of the w

"June 9, 2011

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The Emancipation Proclamation was Abraham Lincoln's strategic move because he was trying to get people believe that he was doing this for their sake. He didnt feel compassion for the slave but he just wanted to get rid of it without offended the north or the south with his actions. The Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves because he needed more men in the Union army so by freeing the slaves he could have more people in the army. Slaves were freed in the rebelling states.

Not all states rebelled therefore they did not have to free their slaves. Missouri, Delaware, Kentucky and Maryland.

Emancipation Proclamation is so important because they were no longer fighting for state's rights but they were fighting about SLAVERY!!! British can't join because they oppose slavery. The queen of Britain would have to join the north if they were going to get involved during the war because the south is supporting slavery. The north was fighting to stop slavery while the south was fighting for slavery. North = good guys, south = bad guys

Britain opposes slavery and the Emancipation Proclamation prevented the British from joining the South. Then, the British would join the war and this would make the Confederates the winner of the war. They would take over the north and then give it to the British.

The fatal flaw of the Emancipation Proclamation is that the border states got to keep their slaves. The border states didn't choose a side because they wanted to remain neutral and keep their slaves. The south needs the slaves but according to the Emancipation Proclamation they are no longer allowed to have slaves. The border states did not rebel so they remain in the Union. Since the border states are in the north, they were fighting against slavery yet there are slaves of the north that has slaves

1) Martial Law 2) No rights until they get rid of slaves" From Jen :D