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THE BLOODY WAR! Antietam Emancipation Proclomation
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ABOUT McCLELLAN GREAT ORGANIZER THE RELUCTANT WARRIOR
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UNION PLAN TO TAKE RICHMOND LINCOLN ASKS TO BORROW HIS ARMY McCLELLAN RELUCTANT LARGE UNION ARMY NEAR DC
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UNION LANDS AT YORKTOWN McCLELLAN TRICKED! LAYS SIEGE CSA WITHDRAWS TO RICHMOND UNION NOW 9 MILES AWAY! - WAITS
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-SEVEN PINES LEE TAKES COMMAND -DARING PLAN JACKSON TIES UP UNION FORCES
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RICHMOND WILL NOT FALL! LEE DRIVES McCLELLAN BACK OVER 7 DAYS McCLELLAN -FALLS BACK – UNION WITHDRAWS
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McCLELLAN RELIEVED OF COMMAND POPE TAKES OVER & ATTACKS! LEE COUNTERS – POPE DEFEATED AT MANASSAS!
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EUROPE LOOKS TO HELP CSA – FEEL NORTH CANNOT WIN LINCOLN NEEDS A VICTORY – THINKING OF FREEING TH SLAVES -McCLELLAN PUT BACK IN CHARGE LEE LOOKS TO ATTACK IN NORTH GET EUROPES SUPPORT & CAPTURE FARM LAND
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LEES PLANS DISCOVERED BY UNIONMcCLELLAN MEETS LEE NEAR SHARPSBURG -LEES ARMY IS SPLIT -McLELLAN WAITS TOO LONG TO ATTCK!
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REALLY 3 BATTLES 1.CORNFIELD NEAR THE DUNKER CHURCH 2. SUNKEN ROAD -BLOODY LANE 3. ANTIETAM BRIDGE
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THE FIGHTING
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UNION VICTORY – McCLELLAN CAN ATTACK & DESTROY LEE – STOPS INSTEAD! – LEE ESCAPES BLOODIEST DAY IN AMERICANN HISTORY LINCOLN VISITS & FIRES McCLELLAN
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LINCOLN FREES THE SLAVES IN THE CSA (NOT BORDER STATES) EUROPE NOW WILL NOT HELP CSA THE WAR IS NOW FOUGHT FOR A HIGHER OBJECTIVE -SAVE THE UNION & FREE THE SLAVES! (NOT ALL AGREE) BLACKS ENLIST IN UNION ARMY
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BURNSIDE TAKES COMMAND ATTACKS FREDRICKSBURG WAVES OF UNION FORCES SLAUGHTERED
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HOOKER TAKES COMMAND LEES FINEST -UNION DEFEAT JACKSON IS KILLED!
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NEITHER ARMY INTENDED TO FIGHT AT GETTYSBURG LEES MEN MOVE INTO TOWN LOOKING FOR SHOES LEE WANTS TO TAKE THE WAR NORTH MEADE REPLACES HOOKER
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LEE ATTACKS FIERCE FIGHTING UNION LINES HOLD
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LEE ORDERS PICKETTS CHARGE -ONLY REAL MISTAKE PICKETT IS SLAUGHTERED
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LEE WITHDRAWS – OFFERS TO RESIGN -DAVIS SAYS NO TURNING POINT OF THE WAR VICKSBURG FALLS ON THE SAME DAY – JULY 4, 1863 MEADE DOES NOT FOLLOW – LINCOLN FIRES HIM
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ONE OF THE GREATEST SPEECHES LINCOLN SPEAKS 2 MINUTES – THINKS THE SPEECH WAS A FAILURE DEDICATING A CEMETERY AT GETTYSBURG -LINCOLN ALMOST NOT INVITED speech
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