Day of the war, which was the battle of antietam. We will look at that in some depth, but also starting with reminding you of what happened in the first year of the war. July 1861, lincoln and congress both say we are fighting a war for the union. We are not trying to revolutionize the south or end slavery. We want to restore the constitutional relationship between the states. And the union as they should be. And this is a conservative way to prevent the breakup of a country. But things happened. Contraband as they were called started running away. Here is a whole family that stole a wagon. Some were put to work. Contraband was still property, but it was property the union decided they would keep because it might be useful to the enemy. The runaway slaves had a lot to do with the movement of the war toward emancipation because they presented a really practical problem. What do we do with these people . By the spring of 1862, the antislavery people in congress had gotten to the point of
That a british army surrendered. We are located at one of the places at Saratoga National park where the battles were fought in 1777 during the american war for independence. Saratoga historic National Park consists of 4100 acres. It was established in 1948 as a park within the National Park service system. The british army had a plan in order to defeat the american rebellion. It was they would have an army leave canada and move south and capture the city of albany. From there that army would be able to operate either in lower new york or throughout england and attack American Forces that were fighting against them. The british set off from canada in june of 1777. They traveled hundreds of miles and eventually got here to saratoga battlefield, located 30 miles north of the city of albany. September 1777, the british army moved south in expectation of engaging the American Army commanded by Horatio Gates in battle. The two armies collided here at the battle of freemans farm. It began at
In the first year of the war. July 1861, lincoln and congress both say we are fighting a war for the union. We are not trying to revolutionize the south or end slavery. We want to restore the constitutional relationship between the states. And the union as they should be. And this is a conservative way to prevent the breakup of a country. But things happened. Contraband as they were called started running away. Here is a whole family that stole a wagon. Some were put to work. Contraband was still property, but it was property the union decided they would keep because it might be useful to the enemy. The runaway slaves had a lot to do with the movement of the war toward emancipation because they presented a really practical problem. What do we do with these people . By the spring of 1862, the antislavery people in congress had gotten to the point of being able to pass significant legislation. One was ending slavery in washington dc. And in the same period of time, lincoln was meeting wi
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