Beginning Of The End

• The North Virginia Army lost many

of its officers. The Confederates

disdained Maryland after this battle.

• The North felt the war had shifted in

their favor.

• Lincoln decided to deliver the

Emancipation Proclamation.

• Europe had been close to mediation

on behalf of the South, but after

Antietam they backed away for good.

However, France did try for a while to

persuade England and Russia to help

the South and restore the cotton

shipments.

Beginning Of The End

• The Emancipation Proclamation

announced a new war aim that

foreshadowed universal emancipation.

• Britain now adopted pro-Union

resolutions. The anti-slavery position

gave the United States a substantial

foothold in Europe.

•Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas

corpus and authorized military trials

for rebels and their abbetors.