Why Is Lincoln Considered The First Part Of The Emancipation Proclamation

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Recent hopes in the Union have been dropped because Abraham Lincoln’s reelection is very unlikely. His loss would mean the end of the war, and the Confederacy will officially be recognized as an independent country. After the Union captured Atlanta and blocked Mobile Bay, the Confederacy’s hopes of being an independent country where dropped and the Union’s hopes raised once again. With taking 55% popular vote and 212 to 21 elected votes over Democratic candidate, General George B. McClellan, Abraham Lincoln sadly won second term for being President of the USA. Many people thought that the reelection would mean the end of slavery and, they were right. On January 31, 1865, Congress passed the horrible Thirteenth Amendment which banned …show more content…

Two years before Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address, November 19, 1863, Lincoln gave his most famous speech, the Gettysburg Address. Not only did his speech refine the meaning of the Civil War, which was basically to officially hate the South, he also only gave dedication to his soldiers and not to the best ones in the South. One year prior to the Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation has not one but, two parts to it. The first part of the Emancipation Proclamation takes place on September 22, 1862. It declared freedom over any Confederate states that didn’t return to the Union control by January 1, 1863. So, it was basically the terrible Thirteenth Amendment again. The second part basically said that all States are a part of the United States and, if they should become rebellious they should be represented by Congress. On April 12, 1861, the Union Army fired upon our Confederate Army at Fort Sumter and started the Civil War . The attack on Fort Sumter started at 4:30 am and went until the morning of April 13,

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