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>> when lincoln signs the emancipation proclamation, he frees slaves in confederate territory and invites them to join the union army. but despite the influx of black soldiers, cities continue to burn, men continue to die, and the war continues to rage on. by the end of 1863, there are more than 600,000 american casualties on both sides. >> this was the destruction of people on a larger scale, in greater numbers than in any other war in american culture. there was nothing that had compared to this.

Ending . >> when lincoln signs the emancipation proclamation, he frees slaves from the union territory and invites them to join the army. despite the influx of black soldiers, cities continue to burn, men continue to die, and the war continues to rage on. by the end of 1863, there are more than 600,000 american casualties on both sides. >> this was the destruction of people on a larger scale in greater numbers than in any other war in american culture. there was nothing that had compared to this.

Every soldier you could get. and the reservoir of black manpower couldn't be ignored anymore. >> that change is critical. and it shows the evolution of lincoln in terms of his thinking. an evolution that is going to continue on throughout the rest of the war. >> a majority of black men who served in the union army were actually people who had been enslaved at one time. they think that now they're going to get some kind of recognition of their status as men. but what they find is not what they had anticipated. >> they were certainly not treated equally. they served only in segregated units unde...

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