President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing enslaved persons in Confederate-held territory after the Battle of Antietam. The preliminary proclamation was announced on September 22, 1862, shortly after the battle, and it officially took effect on January 1, 1863.
When did President Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation freeing enslaved persons in Confederate-held territory?
after the Siege of Vicksburg
after the Battle of Gettysburg
after the Battle of Antietam
after the First Battle of Bull Run
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