“If there’s a worse place than
hell”
David Hunter
1802-1886
Lincoln and a myriad of issues, 1862-1863
The Road to Emancipation
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Crittenden-Johnson Resolution (July 25, 1861
First Confiscation Act (August 6, 1861)
David Hunter, Gen. Order # 11, (May 9, 1862)
Second Confiscation Act (July 16, 1862)
Militia Act (July 17, 1862)
Prayer of 20 Million
Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation
Permanent Emancipation Proclamation
“My paramount objective in this struggle is to
save the Union, and is not to either save or
destroy slavery. 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 do it by freeing some of the
slaves and leaving others alone I would also do
that."
Battle of Antietam
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Lee’s invasion
General Order No. 191
Missed opportunities
L. fired McClellan (Nov. 5, 1862)
Cabinet Crisis
• Chase, Seward, and Lincoln
• “I have a pumpkin in each end of my bag;
now I can ride.”
Battles in West
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Iuka, Sept. 19, 1862
Corinth, Oct. 3-4, 1862
Perryville, Oct. 8, 1862
CSA failure to win victories caused discord
at home and cost any chance to win
diplomatic recognition abroad. But it didn’t
preordain CSA defeat.
Battle of
Fredericksburg,
Dec. 11-15, 1862
Battle of Stones River, Dec. 31,
1862-Jan. 2, 1863
• 23,515 casualties—highest for % engaged in any CW battle.
• "You gave us a hard-earned victory, which had there been a defeat
instead, the nation could scarcely have lived over." L. to Rosecrans
William Starke Rosecrans
1819-1898
Big Battles
• Chancellorsville, Apr. 30-May 5, 1863
• Gettysburg, July 1-4, 1863
• Vicksburg, (Attacks, May 19, May 22,
Siege: May 25-July 4, 1863)
• Chattanooga, Nov. 23-25, 1863
• Brought Grant to east to deal with R. E.
Lee.
Chancellorsville, April 30-May 2.
Chancellorsville, May 3
Chancellorsville, May 4
Chancellorsville
• U. S. troop strength: 133,868; CSA troop
strength: 60,892
• U. S. Causalities: 17,197 (1,606 killed,
9,672 wounded, 5,919 missing)
• CSA Casualties: 13,303 (1,665 killed,
9,081 wounded, 2,018 missing)
From Chancellorsville
to Gettysburg
Retreat and Pursuit from Gettysburg
Gettysburg
• U. S. troops: 93,921; CSA troops: 71,699
• U. S. Casualties: 23,055 (3,155 killed,
14,531 wounded, 5,369 captured/missing)
• CSA Casualties: 23,231(4,708 killed;
12,693 wounded; 5,830 captured/missing)
Vicksburg
• U. S. Casualties: 4,835 of 77,000 total
troops engaged. Whither Grant the
Butcher?
• CSA Casualties: 32,697 (29,495
surrendered)