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the military issue the human Civil War live with the North the Confederate house only to avoid situation you should support the foreign governments to be victorious you need only to preserve the status quo the north was actually in competition with industry that's where I industry was and of course Britain was a textile producing countries the south of course has sold its cotton to the British believe Infinity with the British in the landed gentry the whole aristocracy of Plantation life but also trade was critical to Britain and France Irving and watch Empire adventures in the last 10 years what they call the American? They warning American Roll material most southern cotton in Northern brings good stuff had a great deal invested in maintaining the balance of power and they didn't me the American question to upset that though until the first thing is written in French agreed to act in concert with an unheard-of thing for Britain and France to do ringing the Confederate Coastline that was an actress wore that men in the international rules of war the reciting another country the Confederate America which Lincoln never would allow he referred to the rebellious fix but that's not how sing to the European powers adopted at first and neutral stance if you are in the specially and in France chimed in the literacy as a comparison which is the saying this is a hand weigh station between a group of people in rebellion and recognize faricy animation Paris jumping up and down and getting little man backflips and they said oh yeah that's wonderful that means that our ships visit news reports that means that our Sailors are not tyrants that means that our soldiers are not Rebels to be hang prisoners of War what would want to recognize the Southern Independent especially after their Battlefield District it would make sense cotton famine began in 1862 British Mill owners had a surplus of cotton cloth and a corset net falling price economically the most closely open emails to the relief of the poor and tobacco for the prophets which rolling this didn't work to the confederacy's advantage of course  the status of the Confederacy only profitable Medical unfortunately for the Confederate because you have experienced Diplomat of the North to the northern diplomats led by checkers State Williams free words and especially prominent on the Northern side in England with the minister Charles Francis Adams. Herbie Mann along with Lincoln Square Barry very aware of the delicate situation they were in it really played his cards quite well Lincoln government was very skilled in exploiting tensions between South and Britain when they arose blockade but also in cultivating the British and telling the British listening you might sympathize with this out but but the future lies with the North and Industry uses country music United States was able to take advantage of the various skiplag crises that did it hurt during War II Chinese has the fair in November of 1861 in which an American sea captain Charles Wilkes actor from Confederate diplomats on the way my friends James Mason and John Slidell this is precisely with the Americans in the war over in 1812 today's search and seizure on the high seas  and the British made a loud noise sent a very belligerent no significant the French backed up the British with her eastern note to American Secretary of State loses who actually did after the camera was to not apologize to the British but simply explained that will Ted acted without and that Mason and Slidell the Lincoln Administration said they would cheerfully restore to a British ship most of the American Girls the states and territories for the cause so much controversy leading up to the Civil War is far removed from the fighting Winford War breaks out when things are both sides 1 and Series 2 getting access for example to California gold Confederate armies will taxi for going to New Mexico album ago not to take New Mexico to really after California put there going to be a week or so what happens here it is the sunny push try to bring in this part of the West Hatchet 2 to sound especially California sales at the same time the Civil War is an Indian to remove to tow it with a relay to be Oklahoma territory that's on Indian Territory partially sprayable the Indian split in heaven who wore a cardigan for some Indian leaders tried to get the tribes to side with the union and some get most of them sided with the Confederate United States because people saw the United States has the perpetrator of the removal  Damien people apart in Army and look in there unit fan with cutter and trees against the United States sometimes moving in the eastern part of the United States and fighting there as well the last confederate general Cherokee scan waiting those are the major sizes in computers for civil war still vote a certain way small skill moves for the stalemate in the summer of 1862 Lincoln things seriously about emancipation on July 22nd 1862 he broached the issue with a draft of the medicine patient Proclamation with his cabinet and will they respond Montgomery Blair the Attorney General today this is 18620 divisible by 2 their elections this if you deliver this Proclamation we are going to lose the war to save the people senators and congressmen friendly to the administration in those days are the Secretary of War Stanton said was President I think it's a good idea to free the slaves I've Logan abolition but why don't we let the military this man's name rollover the car finally has the advice that Lincoln adopted this present he said if you issue such a now this might be perceived as a desperate Act of an Administration in trouble you can issue the proclamation from a position of strength are both on the Shelf was in good shape they felt they had won a series of major victories in the most important theater Eastern theater important because that's where most of the battles took place Robert E Lee at this time thought if the Confederacy can win of the tree on Northern that might go a long way to bring yours and specially England on the side of recognizing the Confederacy Soldier had a series of Dish Nation Under the belt but they were not getting food they were not getting supplies they needed both and what would be better than to go to the rich Countryside of Maryland and Pennsylvania and living in the USA sore in the middle of this campaign however some copies of these orders fell into mesalands hands and he was in position to destroy the one segment of his auntie at a time through a spy we learned that the enemy had the disposition to these troops and needs to come horses he chose to defend the hill before Charlotte Motocross Antietam Creek river Potomac in Escape should he needs an escape was over a Ford Motorsport on his right flank putting his army in Carroll to fight this time I think he did so because he did he did take him there and skills and fought the bloodiest American Civil War that day was over the federal army in the Confederate Army we're really in the same what position but we was in peril you chose to exercise his option to cross the Potomac at Butler Ford and go back into Virginia and live to fight another day rather than reviewing the Bible  September 17th 1862 more Americans died on that day and American history repeats itself with a stalemate however is was another country Lincoln felt that he could get you a document called at liminary Emancipation Proclamation he said look we want you to come back in the Union we're willing to let you come back in Union now without destroying your property without ending slavery without any further attractions at this Warhead products currently not come back before January 1st to an Emancipation Proclamation do blood perhaps you can keep your clothes Course Lincoln was freeing slaves over when she had no control in rebel-held territory and many people have suggested that this was. Shane just parchment for nails with his one biographer has suggested I think those people who criticize Lincoln and call into question his role as grandparents over was the significance of what Lincoln did he put the administration on record opposed to slavery that if what State wins the War slavery do from this point on Lincoln his cast the die and I think Lincoln also grew his appreciation of what was going on with the Emancipation in the implications of race United States Lincoln the master politician he was not an abolitionist in fact he was heavily criticized by the radical republican ring of the party for not abolitionist Frederick Douglass who condemned the president for not saying openly that this war should be aware of emancipation from the beginning was president of all the people of the north and as he referred to people of the country so he went slowly she didn't want to outpace American people cuz you didn't satisfy the radicals and abolitionist and he was attacked by fear conservatives in the Republican party but many people in the Democratic party to see that annotation was going to be a reality and they hated yet to the union war effort says pressure put on the border states to emancipate the slaves and put Lincoln of prednisone you cannot see the talking on issuing the Emancipation Proclamation he tells them listen you know the game is up a slavery is going to go whether you want it or not willing to alter them compensation for the slave he's willing to talk about colonization that is the physical removal of the black population presumably outside of the United States to Africa when they turned him down flat remarkably enough he held them just trains leaving with I'm moving ahead majority in Congress but they were many Democratic politicians now feeling that they had an issue that they could attack structure of slaves or compete for jobs in the city with for example of the Irish cool by this time very much opposed the war Lincoln is also facing challenges not a general you had no military background to understand the war as one of the frustrations that Lincoln had to deal with in or is that the northern General who led the army of the Potomac seem particularly in the well you had basically one General Northern Virginia you had one General after another leading the army of the Potomac after inspired McClellan George McClellan why because George McClellan was not just a general interested in pursuing military goals people leave that he was a better politician than he believed that emancipation was wrong and he opposed my fan on this and that together with the fact that he could not cotton website member of 62 face off Robert E Lee City halfway between Richmond and Washington time to entrench to create an event that someone suggested a chicken tonight lost this open ground beef separate the song made on that position all failed Burnside was ready to review the entire next day and someone that's talking about it he withdrew back across the Rappahannock River to Stafford Heights of the side of the river from Fredericksburg union territories were baby 5000 so the casualties were in the 105 on the ferry was significant he felt responsible for the continuing death of all the soldiers not just Northern filters for the southern soldiers who showing bars with the war department that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field okay I see you hope we can prove this must be anyway mine we should attempt to beguile you from the grief of all so overwhelming but I kind of refrain from hindering you the confirmation meeting, in the face of the Republic time to see how great is our heavenly father made his way to the anguish of your believe me how do you overdose and the solemn prize it must be yours played so far in the sacrifice previews before the end of the year Burnside decides to launch another attack on Richmond it started to rain Meijer down animals couldn't move in the mud can be called Mud Park without go place where Joe hooker a pretty good fighting General his headquarters will refer to buy one with as the combination of brothel and Bar however Lincoln thought if he can win a big battle than it's worth it well he had his chance in May at a small cross town near Fredericksburg called Chancellorsville and I'll just say this about Kathy feels it is called Lee's Masterpiece me as usual smaller number smaller resources that will damage of knowing the land in order to make your damage of excellent General Stonewall Jackson was once a much larger so well how good is that for the southern morale of all the shortages that had to suffer Mercy Lansing through the campaigning season of 62 would have been Slim in Long Beach herma fortunes around and indeed in the west Confederate Fortune at least enough Cherry Way  by this point in the war both sides of the same severe losses in terms of military personality the Confederate instituted a draft of the spring of 1862 but now becomes necessary for the human stick similar definitely has it military advisor to Jefferson Davis at that time when he came to come in Drew up with the aid of some hints at the first brand law in America metric get handsy force of freezing those people who already in the Army in place until the conclusion of the war also called for males between 18 and 35 - 45 for service and soldiers and call safe to it Axel mechanism to fulfil bread holders some people have to be left on the homefront to produce the war in the street that was the same it's all the comparing Congress had to supplement a draft law with a series of exemption laws the exemptions provoke abuse funny fat people trading on the fact that pharmacists druggist where exam simply bought office well over the counter medicines and put a sign up that said medicine for sale in call themselves pharmacist more Delaware laws that provided for exemptions for people who were in charge of 20 or more slaves this pants in the fall of 1860 to promote the social class conflict was in the Confederacy it became a rich man's War Poor Man's fight in the popular idiot in July of 8063 was an issue of class because people who could are there way $200 would provide the exemption you can hire a substitute it was also a racial issue because the people eligible were the Irish in New York they were liable for the draft whereas when they left their jobs would probably go to Captain America the new Friedman who were flocking into the population centers in the north from the stock exhaust some of the goodnight Grandpa the rioters directed against African Americans and so it was about to grab that is the policy of the others requiring people to serve in the Army it was about race and it was about twice the involvement of blacks in the union War increases dramatically in the spring of 1863 final Emancipation Proclamation January 1st 1863 not only your freeze those of slaves under Confederate control it does something else which is the critical it allows a black man to play the Union Army by May of 1863 this so-called Bureau of colored Troops of the created that is a bureaucracy enroll slaves in the South turn nautical colored the regiments number of Northern recommended of the most week free people have already Warren Middleton collecting the 54th Massachusetts black men move into the Union Army of course the becomes clear that they expect families to be pretty eventually Congress that will confirm that and of course we soon discovered that the entire black community is related who were the soldiers  Unis Middle years of the war there are very few aspects of society but it's not affecting military history is the experience of people at War the whole people not just arms hurting not just general you have to have War Industry little support those armies that will keep Army supply and armies are incredibly wasteful families that have been standard nuclear mother father extended family children are becoming single parents in which women become had some assholes they become Barber  down and looking at the wrong end of a mule for 8 or 10 hours a day may not see how vision of liberation yet women in control of farms and plantations inside of a k more the rule than the exception with where would all the first soldiers an attempt to micromanage the farm then tell the person back home when the plow winch Harvest when did Kill Hogs but over time when the country gets farther and farther away from the homefront the pattern for him to say you don't do what you think is better Hamilton best way you can the difficulty of the situation is compound southern farms and plantations where slaves have been physically removed from proximity to the war struck by a process that plants and cells called Refugee that is moving slaves away from areas which they can run away to the dancing the federal army at interview the refugees of slave is beginning to transform the institution of slavery of felt weird continues to repair that is plays in these areas learn about the war they may realize that they can't run away to the Union Army but they're sure not going to work is quite as hard as they once did and in some ways this is a kind of second front against the institution of slavery a slave the beginning to subvert the institution of slavery from within simply refusing to work or refusing that could Row the old plantation Staples El work on their own Gardens Oak Grove food to feed their families set an alarm going through we'll work on Victory and live 1863 the focus of the war is changing it is no longer just a fight to save the union but a fight for the right of all people to read the screen man in the name and his to do in this The Unfinished Nation I just YouTube art American history. 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