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THE EMANCIPATION
PROCLAMATION (FIRST PAGE)
Time and Place: President Abraham Lincoln issued the
Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation
approached its third year of bloody civil war.
Main Idea: The proclamation declared “that all persons held as
slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall
be free.”
Significance: Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not
end slavery in the nation, it captured the hearts and
imagination of millions of Americans and fundamentally
transformed the character of the war. After January 1, 1863,
every advance of federal troops expanded the domain of
freedom. Moreover, the Proclamation announced the acceptance
of black men into the Union Army and Navy, enabling the
liberated to become liberators. By the end of the war, almost
200,000 black soldiers and sailors had fought for the Union and
freedom. From the first days of the Civil War, slaves had acted
to secure their own liberty. The Emancipation Proclamation
confirmed their insistence that the war for the Union must
become a war for freedom. It added moral force to the Union
cause and strengthened the Union both militarily and
politically.
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION (FINAL
PAGE AND SEAL)
Author: President Abraham Lincoln
Audience: The citizens of the Union
and the Confederacy, including, if not
especially, slaves and blacks.
Significance: As a milestone along the
road to slavery’s final destruction, the
Emancipation
Proclamation
has
assumed a place among the great
documents of human freedom. The
original
of
the
Emancipation
Proclamation of January 1, 1863, is in
the National Archives in Washington,
DC. With the text covering five pages
the document was originally tied with
narrow red and blue ribbons, which
were attached to the signature page
by a wafered impression of the seal of
the United States. Most of the ribbon
remains; parts of the seal are still
decipherable, but other parts have
worn off.
Author: President Abraham
Lincoln
Place
and
Time:
On
19,
1863,
November
Abraham Lincoln delivered
the Gettysburg Address in
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Reason: Lincoln had been
invited
to
give
a
"few
appropriate remarks" during
a ceremony to dedicate a
cemetery for Union soldiers
killed
at
Gettysburg.
Gettysburg –“Lincoln’s Address at
the Dedication of the Gettysburg
National Cemetery”
the
Battle
of
Gettysburg—The Gettysburg
Address
Audience:
The cemetery-goers that
attended the dedications.
Main Idea: “Though we are in a war, we
shall remain strong as the Union. We are
here to dedicate and commemorate the
lives of those who have fought and died
here.”
Significance: Despite its brevity and the
fact that it earned little attention at the
time, the Gettysburg Address is considered
one of Lincoln's greatest speeches.
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G EORGIA’ S C OAST —
S COTT ’ S G REAT S NAKE
U NION B LOCKADE OF G EORGIA’ S C OAST —F OX H UNTING
Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign
Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign (cont.)
S h e r ma n ’s M a r c h t o
t h e S e a — C o ur se M a p
Author: Sherman and his men
composed this map of his march
prior to executing the long
string of battles and takeovers.
Reason:
This
map,
quite
obviously, was never intended to
be disclosed outside of the
Union
soldiers,
lest
the
Confederates get wind of it and
better prepare themselves. This
map helped organize and plan
out in great detail exactly how
the march would happen.
Significance :
Sherman
presented
Lincoln
with
Savannah, Georgia in what he
called a ‘Christmas gift’. He
struck in the heart of the
Confederacy. His victories along
with those of the other Union
commanders were the beginning
of the end for the Confederacy.
Link:
http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchiv
e/hargrett/maps/1864p64.jpg (To
see the picture in higher detail)
Sherman’s March to the Sea (cont.)
Main Idea/Place and Time: After the Atlanta
campaign he began his March to the Sea, a
property-destroying drive that began in November
and ended with the occupation of Savannah on
December 21 (his “Christmas present” to President
Lincoln). Sherman then marched up through the
Carolinas and received Johnston’s surrender in
North Carolina on April 26, 1865, just after Robert
E. Lee surrendered to U. S. Grant at Appomattox
(April 9).
Prior Knowledge: His policy of expanding warfare
beyond the battlefield and into the civilian
infrastructure, called “total warfare” and “scorched
earth” strategies, has led to him being known as
one of the fathers of modern warfare. He is
considered by some to be one of the Civil War ’s
greatest heroes, but residents of the American
southeast, especially Georgia, pretty much still
hate him.
Andersonville—War Journal
The Andersonville Prison Diary of Alfred H. Voorhees, Co. H, 1st N.Y. Cavalry.
The material that follows is a transcription of the original Alfred Voorhees Diary, done by his sister, Rebecca.
PRIVATE May 1864
18th The morning is fine. Was counted for Rations. Received 4 oz. of meat, Some Rice and salt and under close guard.
Camped in a Valley, a stream of water Running through the Camp. The Officer in command is a fine Man. Had a little
Shower. Some of the 3rd New Jersey came to day. Some of the Boys are still behind. Think we will be sent to Danville. I
am in good Spirits. Hope to keep so. Wrote home this morning. The remainder of the boys came in today.
19th Day warm - and 950 came in today are all Encamped on Flannery Island. Plenty of lice but not Much grub, but
cant complain so far. Feel quite well to day. Hope to Remain so as long as I am here. Some of the boys that came to day
look very bad. Have no shelter. Lay on the ground without covering. It is so bad.
23rd I am very sick.
25th Arrived at Andersonville to day, the place of our destination. See quite a number of My Regt. here, a hard place it
is too, the boys ruff, all kinds of Huts and Shanties. Some have been here 8 Months. Feel a good deal better to day, a
close place, 18,000 Men on 10 acres.
27th This is one of the hotest southren days. The officer of the day came in for Sewerage and Tunnels, found 6 near
done for. Was transferd from 61 to 12 date, feel quite well and in fine spirits. We hear nothing here. Rebs had quite a
scare today; had troops under arms and in line of Battle all day, cant see why they need be so affraid of us, we have no
arms.
28th Warm and fine. Some of Shermans Men came to camp, a great many die from Exposure. Some hard looking
objects. Nothing of any importance to write every day the same. Oh! that we soon May be Relieved from this dreadful
Prison and Returned to our homes. Have a great distress in My head today (George is well).
29th Warm and fine. More Prisners arrived to day, the Prison is crowded full. Dont know What they will do with any
More. How different from Home and Sabbath comeforts, all we can see is filth and dirt. All combined Makes it a hard
lingering place. Some die, poor fellows from 30 to 40 per day. Hope I will live through this and see home once more.
Feel very well to day with the Exception of a slight cold.
30th This is Hell on Earth to day and Yesterday. More Yanks came in today so thick one can Scarcely Walk. A number of
the boys go out to work on the Stockade to enlarge the Prison. Dont feel Well to day. Some talk of a Parole Soon. Cant
feed us With proper food. Oh, that We may soon be Relieved. But we must wait, hoping We will not get sick.
Andersonville—War Journal
(Explanation)
Author: Alfred H. Voorhees enlisted in the 1st NY Cavalry (the
“Lincoln Cavalry”) on Aug. 5, 1861. He was captured in May of
1864 and was incarcerated in Andersonville Prison. He died of
disease on Aug. 13, 1864.
Place and Time: Voorhees wrote the original copy of this
journal while in Andersonville Prison from August 5th, 1861 to
August 13th, 1864
Reason: Voorhees kept this journal for his “own sanity as much
as anything else,” and also to inform his family.
Andersonville
Prison—Map
Place and Time: This map of Andersonville Prison was
penned by one of the records-masters around the time
that the prison reached its peak number of inmates.
Reason: This map was composed for documentary
purposes only at the time, and so the guards could
coordinate their small shifts.
Prior Knowledge: A small stream ran through the
prison; it was thought that it would furnish water
sufficient for drinking and for bathing. The trees within
the stockade were cut down and no shelter was
provided for the expected inmates, who began to arrive
in February, 1864 before the rude prison was
completed according to the design and before an
adequate supply of bacon for their use had been
received. Prisoners continued to come until on the 5th
of May there were about 12,000 which number went on
increasing until in August it exceeded 32,000: their
condition was one of extreme wretchedness. Those
who came first erected rude shelters from the debris of
the stockade; later arrivals burrowed in the ground or
protected themselves with any blankets or pieces of
cloth of which they had not been deprived according to
the practice of robbing men who were taken prisoners,
which prevailed on both sides.