History 103 *** AMERICAN HISTORY TO 1877 *** Dec. 6, 1996

CIVIL WAR AND SLAVE EMANCIPATION

I. Outbreak of Civil War

• Lower South states secede (Dec. 20, 1860-Feb. 1, 1861)
• Confederate States of America founded (Feb. 1861)
• Compromise efforts
• Lincoln's inauguration (Mar. 4, 1861)
• Decision to supply Fort Sumter
• Firing on Fort Sumter (Apr. 12, 1861)
• Upper South states secede (Apr. 17-May 20, 1861)

II. The Making of a Long War

• War fever and initial expectations
• Northern advantages
• Southern advantages

III. Transformation of Northern War Aims

• Original northern aims
• Growing abolitionist influence
• Congressional actions against slavery
• Lincoln's evolving position
• Border states' resistance to gradual emancipation

IV. Emancipation Proclamation

• Lincoln's decision to proclaim emancipation (July 1862)
  • Reasons for decision
  • Delay of public announcement
• Battle of Antietam (Sept. 17, 1862)
• Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation (Sept. 22, 1862)
• Final Emancipation Proclamation (Jan. 1, 1863)