3. Events That Led Up To The: Emancipation Proclamation January 1861: The South Secedes March 1861: Lincoln’s Inauguration April 1861: Attack on Fort Sumter June 1861: West Virginia is born! June 1861: First Battle of the Bull Run January 1862: Lincoln issues war order against Confederacy September 1862: Antietam January 1863: Emancipation Proclamation June-July 1863: Gettysburg Campaign April 1865: End of Civil War Union victory April 14, 1865 Seven days after civil war ended Lincoln was assassinated
11. North Lincoln had different reasons of issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in both the North and the South. In the North, he wanted to get more people involved in the war. By issuing the Emancipation Proclamation he believed that the Northern population would become more supportive of the war efforts. He believed that by issuing the Proclamation he was creating a point of reason for the war and an incentive to win the war!
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