Support was not forthcoming. In September of 1862, after the Union's victory at Antietam, Lincoln issued a preliminary decree stating that, unless the rebellious states returned to the Union by ...

Martin, is the author of several works on Civil War-era America, and in A Fierce Glory offers an interesting view of the Battle of Antietam and its military ... by many people – most notably focused ...

After the Battle of Antietam in September 1862, Lincoln signed a preliminary emancipation proclamation announcing his intention to liberate enslaved people within the Confederacy on Jan. 1 ...