2. Yes. I freed the

3. But it ’ s a Story.

4. You WANNA About it?

5. Let Me get

6. And Switch to Person

7. Photo by trazomfreaktrazomfreak Lincoln Never

8. War Photo by Michael KappelMichael Kappel It Started As A

9. The only Photo by trazomfreaktrazomfreak

10. THE UNION Photo by Rennett StoweRennett Stowe

11. Photo by josémaríajosémaría It should have been

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14. The Union’s strategy for victory

18. NOT SO

19. 1862 BattleStateVictory Peninsula Campaign VAConfederate Seven Days VAConfederate Second Manassas VAConfederate Eastern Theater ROBERT E. LEE

20. Yeah. I ’ m Awesome !

21. Antietam September 17, 1862 CASUALTIESUSACSA KILLED2,1081,546 WOUNDED9,5407,752 CAPT/MISS7531,018 TOTAL12,40110,316

25. You’ re fired!

27. Yeah, That!

28. This was a first.

29. The War? Time To

31. LINCOLN

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:

39. Photo by cybergibbonscybergibbons

40. 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*ZOom2

43. Photo by \!/_PeacePlusOne\!/_PeacePlusOne I ’ m Gonna Count to Three.

45. Photo by azmichelleazmichelle

46. Photo by SFAnttiSFAntti The Clock Will Strike Midnight.

47. BY WHAT

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. Measure A Necessary

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 Covered Areas NOT Covered

53. Areas Covered Areas NOT Covered

54. Photo by Daniel Y. GoDaniel Y. Go

55. Photo by Daniel Y. GoDaniel Y. Go

57. High Ground The

58. Photo by ShadowruneShadowrune

59. THE UNION The North's new goals:

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

61. THE UNIONSLAVES The North's new goals:

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

63. www.creativeobjective.com

64. Diplomatic

65. Help us?

66. No, Thanks!

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

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.