Transcripts For CNN Lincoln Divided We Stand
seeded states are now free. >> confederates respond saying, okay, fine, if we see black men carrying weapons against us, we will consider that the north's slave rebellion. >> that moment it becomes a war to abolish slavery. >> and there occurs the greatest battle of the war at getties berg on july 1st, 2nd and 3 in 1963. >> pennsylvania is as far as the north confederate army has ever gotten. if the union lost here, it cleared the way for lee to continue marching into new york. they could cutoff the northern states and new england from the mississippi river which would have been a hu...