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-President Lincoln's January 1, 1863, declaration that all slaves in Confederate-controlled territory were free. This made the Civil War a war to free slaves, although its limitations-exemptions for loyal border states and Union-occupied areas of the Confederacy-made some ridicule the act.
A)battle of Antietam
B)battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
C)battle of Gettysburg
D)battle of Shiloh
E)contraband of war
F)Emancipation Proclamation
G)Fort Sumter
H)King Cotton diplomacy
I)New York City draft riots
J)Sherman's March to the Sea
K)siege of Vicksburg
L)Union blockade

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The Emancipation Proclamation was President Lincoln's January 1, 1863, declaration that all slaves in Confederate-controlled territory were free. It made the Civil War a war to free slaves, although its limitations-exemptions for loyal border states and Union-occupied areas of the Confederacy-made some ridicule the act.

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