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History,n lectures in William Harris teaches a class about abraham lincoln, the civil war battle of antietam, and the issuing of the emancipation proclamation in 1862. His classes about an hour and 15 minutes. Today, we have pivotd in some ways the point of the war and the pivot point of the entire class. The months when a war to save the union also became a war to end slavery. That took lots of politics and it also took lots of fighting, including the bloodiest single day war, which was the battle of antietam. We will look at that in some depth, but also starting with what happenedof in the f...

Day of the war, which was the battle of antietam. We will look at that in some depth, but also starting with reminding you of what happened in the first year of the war. July 1861, lincoln and congress both say we are fighting a war for the union. We are not trying to revolutionize the south or end slavery. We want to restore the constitutional relationship between the states. And the union as they should be. And this is a conservative way to prevent the breakup of a country. But things happened. Contraband as they were called started running away. Here is a whole family that stole a wagon. So...

The ashes are slipping away from england. Australia captain steve smith hits a double century, as his side takes complete control of the third test in perth. And in half an hours time, dateline london reflects on brexit talks and asks whether the election of a democrat in alabama it really is a blow to donald trump. Good morning and welcome to bbc news. A leading supporter of brexit has said the uk cannot become a colony of the eu during the expected two year transition period after britains withdrawal in march 2019. Jacob rees mogg made the comments after eu leaders yesterday agreed to move t...

In the first year of the war. July 1861, lincoln and congress both say we are fighting a war for the union. We are not trying to revolutionize the south or end slavery. We want to restore the constitutional relationship between the states. And the union as they should be. And this is a conservative way to prevent the breakup of a country. But things happened. Contraband as they were called started running away. Here is a whole family that stole a wagon. Some were put to work. Contraband was still property, but it was property the union decided they would keep because it might be useful to the ...

Thank you for having me. Withdelighted to be here the emerging civil war. Lets talk about Horseshoe Ridge. Let me tell you that its not a horseshoe shaped nor a ridge. More on that later. In september 1863, the union army of a cumberland and Confederate Army of tennessee came together in north georgia and thought the threeday battle. The secondlargest battle of the civil war, 130,000 men. Approximately 340,000 casualties Confederate Army of tennessee out of that. One of the things i found while researching this is that everybody has a Different Number for the casualties. As noted, it is i a co...