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>> mcclellan now holds key battle plans that can ensure his armys success and personal redemption. its a victory that would allow lincoln to redefine the war, giving soldiers like robert gould shaw a reason to fight, and create the new america frederick douglass has hoped for. >> there is a great deal of excitement for the issuing of the emancipation proclamation. saving the union and emancipation are one. its this game-changing event. but there was a belief that lincoln might not do it. >> fath...

>> georges father was a white man. not by my choice. but it did enable him to pass as white, and he enlisted in the army. i hear he fought bravely. sir, the black man is willing to fight. and any man fighting for his freedom can bear the strength of 10 men. you just have to let him. >> lincoln is caught between his desire to end slavery and his need to keep anti-abolition northerners on his side. whatever step lincoln takes, it must be in accordance with the constitution if its to have any chanc...

>> forward, march. it announces to the south and to the world that the north is no longer fighting to preserve they are fighting to create a new one. although its lincoln who becomes known as the great emancipator, its douglass who heroically leads the charge, first freeing himself and then a people. the war is far from over but the emancipation proclamation is the first step towards a new america where all men are truly created equal. [ counter clicking ]

Lincoln must give the union cause greater meaning if hes to have any hope of winning the war. >> pardon, sir. >> please, come in. uh... y-you had a son that died, too, didnt you? >> my george was killed a year ago. >> so many [sighs] sons have died in this war. >> georges father was a white man. not by my choice. but it did enable him to pass as white, and he enlisted in the army. i hear he fought bravely. sir, the black man is willing to fight. and any man fighting for his freedom can bear the ...

He was just tired. so, after 21 months of fighting to save the union, abraham lincoln turns the civil war into a fight to free the slaves. >> if my name goes down in history, it will be for this act. ♪ ♪ that will do. in giving freedom to the slave we assure freedom to the free. we shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope on earth. ♪ ♪ >> it is coming! its on the wire! [ cheers and applause ]

>> its all right. its all right. >> the battle at antietam represents the single bloodiest day in american military history. more casualties that single day than in any other battle in any other war at any other time. >> pardon me, miss. by any chance, have you come across a wilder dwight? >> a few more wounded just arrived today. over there. >> dwight? dwight? its me. >> seeing the carnage that the war has wrought, robert gould shaw is having difficulty justifying fighting to preserve the union...

>> with the emancipation proclamation hanging in the balance, george mcclellans union army clashes with robert e. lees confederate force in the battle of antietam. >> the second phase of the battle of antietam, this massive union attack right at the heart of the southern lines. and thats where the bloody lane occurs, when youve got this sunken road thats absolutely filled with casualties and running with blood. >> after hours of savage fighting, the union forces finally break through the center ...

One and the same. >> forward, march. it announces to the south and to the world that the north is no longer fighting to preserve they are fighting to create a new one. although its lincoln who becomes known as the great emancipator, its douglass who heroically leads the charge, first freeing himself and then a people. the war is far from over, but the emancipation proclamation is the first step towards a new america where all men are truly created equal. [ counter clicking ]

So, after 21 months of fighting to save the union, abraham lincoln turns the civil war into a fight to free the slaves. >> if my name goes down in history, it will be for this act. ♪ ♪ that will do. in giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free. we shall nobly save or meanly lose the last, best hope on earth. ♪ ♪ >> it is coming! its on the wire! [ cheers and applause ]

No bulky hardware. no satellite. no annual contract. try directv nor $10/mo f more for your thing.r thing. visit directvnow dot com >> with the emancipation proclamation hanging in the balance george mcclellans union army clashes with robert e. lees confederate force in the battle of antietam. >> the second phase of the battle of antietam, this massive union attack right at the heart of the southern lines. and thats where the bloody lane occurs, when youve got this sunken road thats absolutely f...