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>> a letter. for my mother, in boston. if i should fall, shaw, i want you to see that she gets it. >> it won't come to that, dwight. second massachusetts, fall in! ♪ ♪ >> left! left! left! >> forward! >> left! left! left! left! left! >> americans had not seen so many of their fellow countrymen dead and wounded on a battlefield. all the bodies, it just staggered them. [ gunshots ] [ men whooping ] >> forward! forward, men! forward!

Legislation was on his desk. it is referred to as the second confiscation act. congress declared forever free all persons held as slaves by supporters of the rebellion. he now had the legislation from which to base an emancipation proclamation. >> do you disapprove? >> it is the timing that is my main concern. it would be better if we wait until the north wins a decisive military victory. >> the wisdom of the view of the secretary of state struck me with very great force. the result was that i put the draft of the proclamation aside, waiting for a victory. [ gunfire ] [ men whooping ] >> on th...

Secretary of state struck me with very great force. the result was that i put the draft of the proclamation aside, waiting for a victory. [ gunfire ] [ men whooping ] >> on the heels of a crushing defeat at the second battle of bull run, abraham lincoln realizes that if he issues a proclamation now it would appear as a desperate measure of an embattled union. he would also risk losing the key border state of maryland still divided on the issue of slavery. now, frederick douglass only sees the president's inaction as an insult to abolitionists, and is publicly critical. however, what douglass d...

Battlefield. all the bodies it just staggered them. [ gunshots ] [ men whooping ] >> forward! forward, men! forward! >> halt! ready! aim! fire! forward! >> retreat! retreat! >> forward, men! >> shaw and his men pushed through the confederate line. >> yeah! [ men shouting ] >> but lee's outmanned rebel army refuses to quit. >> [ screams ] [ gunfire ]

>> yes, sir. >> our success has not been so great or complete as we could have desired. god knows what is best for us. >> robert e. lee is angry. he's angry because he thought that the northern army should have been destroyed. there was a great opportunity. in truth, lee's plans were a little too complicated for that to happen. [ men whooping, cheering ] >> damn the blue bellies! speech! speech! >> damn the blue bellies! >> robert e. lee starts to develop a relationship with the soldiers. the soldiers begin to think that robert e. lee is the right general. he can lead them. there's a trust tha...