Emancipation Proclamation Issued after Union Victory at Antietam

What was it? Order issued by Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863 declaring slaves in the Confederate states to be free Broadened the goal of the war Lincoln won support from abolition groups

Strenghts Gave the war a new meaning Made it a struggle over slavery Moral reason to fight Discouraged foreign powers (Europe) from joining the war Weakened the Confederacy without angering the boarder states Opened the Union army and navy to African American enlistments 200,000 more troops

Weaknesses No slaves were freed No states returned to the Union Freedom depended on Union Military victories No states returned to the Union 800,000 slaves in the boarder states and union occupied territories stayed slaves

Massachusetts 54th Regiment 1st African American Regiment in the Civil War Led by Colonel Robert Shaw 1,000 men Remembered for their Bravery at Fort Wagner Discrimination in the Army Lower pay then white troops Fewer supplies/poor equipment Risk of enslavement if captured