When President Lincoln visited the valley of Antietam a few weeks after the bloody day to congratulate his Army of the Potomac on the victory, he also wanted to give his procrastinating commander ...

after a victory at Antietam, he publicly announced a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all enslaved people free in the rebellious states as of Jan. 1, 1863. Per historians, Lincoln ...

Lincoln, who had been awaiting any kind of military success to buoy his controversial order, told his cabinet after Antietam: “I made the promise to myself and to my Maker” that if Gen.

Support was not forthcoming. In September of 1862, after the Union's victory at Antietam, Lincoln issued a preliminary decree stating that, unless the rebellious states returned to the Union by ...

"Great God!" cried Lincoln. "This is a dreadful reminiscence of McClellan," who had proclaimed a great victory when the enemy retreated across the river after Antietam. "Will our Generals never ...