06/19/2021
Happy Juneteenth! Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in America; Texas was the last state enforced.
On January 1, 1863, during the second year of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln officially announced the Emancipation Proclamation, the end of slavery.
All weโre not free to include African Americans in Texas. On 19 June 1965, over two and a half years later after the announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation, Union Soldiers lead by Major Gen. Gordon Granger announced General Order No. 3, all slaves were free.
Despite the fact that President Abraham Lincolnโs Emancipation Proclamation was issued more than two years earlier, a lack of Union troops in the rebel state of Texas made the order difficult to enforce.
Impacts:
1. Battle of Antietam enabled the President decision to announce the Emancipation Proclamation
-Although the Battle of Antietam resulted in a draw, the Union army was able to drive the Confederates out of Maryland โ enough of a โvictory,โ that Lincoln felt comfortable issuing the Emancipation just five days later.
2. Changed the Civil War Focus
-Up until September 1862, the main focus of the war had been to preserve the Union. With the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation freedom for slaves now became a legitimate war aim.
3. Prevent Foreigns For Joining the Civil War
-The Emancipation Proclamation helped prevent the involvement of foreign nations in the Civil War. Britain and France had considered supporting the Confederacy in order to expand their influence in the Western Hemisphere. However, many Europeans were against slavery. Although some in the United Kingdom saw the Emancipation Proclamation as overly limited and reckless, Lincoln's directive reinforced the shift of the international political mood against intervention while the Union victory at Antietam further disturbed those who didn't want to intervene on the side of a lost cause.
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