HST 202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Irish Mob, New York City Draft Riots, Ulysses S. Grant
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Very cut throat and got to work right away. Federal navy would blockade the american south, cut off in gulf of mexico, wanted a strong defense of southern boarders. April 7th 1862, north wins important victory over the southern troops, helps to build many peoples reputation up. These victories help to swing the north towards emancipation. July 22, 1862 lincoln tells cabinets he wanted to issue an emancipation proclamation. Up to that point there was a number of steps in congress leading towards this motion. Slavery abolished in washington dc, slavery had been prohibited in western territories after. Lincoln is order to wait until after a union victory. South didn"t surrender, so the president began to prepare the emancipation proclamation fall of new orleans (june 1862) It freed all slaves in rebelling states and areas not controlled by the union. Did not free all slaves, leaving out the border states (missouri, maryland, delaware, &
