The Emancipation Proclamation: The Union’s Greatest Asset
The Emancipation Proclamation was a document issued by President Lincoln, that emancipated slaves, and slowly crippled the Confederacy during the Civil War, due to how it affected the south economically and diplomatically. In the beginning of the Civil War, although, the Union possessed a larger, better equipped army, the Confederacy managed to secure victories on the battlefield. The war, which was thought to be a short one, lasted longer