{"id":2263,"date":"2021-08-30T16:09:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-30T16:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/?page_id=2263"},"modified":"2024-03-19T18:16:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T18:16:23","slug":"winter-1862-63-emancipation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/course-syllabus\/winter-1862-63-emancipation\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter 1862-63"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Varon, Chapters 5:\u00a0 FALL \/ WINTER 1862-63<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>This Righteous Decree<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Liberating&#8221; Kentucky<\/li>\n<li>Vicksburg is the Key<\/li>\n<li>Forlorn Hope at Fredericksburg<\/li>\n<li>Lincoln&#8217;s Second Annual Message<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Timeline<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>September 17 \/\/ Battle of Antietam<\/li>\n<li>September 22 \/\/ Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation<\/li>\n<li>September 24 \/\/ Suspension of Habeas Corpus<\/li>\n<li>Sept &amp; Oct \/\/ Battles of Iuka (Sept. 19) and Second Corinth (Oct. 3)<\/li>\n<li>October 8 \/\/ Battle of Perryville<\/li>\n<li>October 24 \/\/ Buell replaced by Rosecrans<\/li>\n<li>November 5 \/\/ McClellan replaced by Burnside<\/li>\n<li>December 1 \/\/ Annual Message<\/li>\n<li>December 13 \/\/ Battle of Fredericksburg<\/li>\n<li>December 18 \/\/ Lincoln&#8217;s cabinet crisis begins<\/li>\n<li>December 30 \/\/ Lincoln and cabinet revise final proclamation<\/li>\n<li>December 31 \/\/ Black groups sponsor watch night gatherings<\/li>\n<li>January 1 \/\/ Emancipation Proclamation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/files\/2024\/03\/Fredericksburg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2842\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/files\/2024\/03\/Fredericksburg.jpg\" alt=\"Fredericksburg\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/files\/2024\/03\/Fredericksburg.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/files\/2024\/03\/Fredericksburg-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/files\/2024\/03\/Fredericksburg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/files\/2024\/03\/Fredericksburg-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/files\/2024\/03\/Fredericksburg-88x88.jpg 88w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/files\/2024\/03\/Fredericksburg-900x900.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Understanding Confederate Strategy<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>Jefferson David and his high command adopted a hybrid &#8216;offensive-defensive&#8217; strategy, which sought concentration of force to drive out invading armies.\u00a0 The strategy produced military victories, particularly once Robert E. Lee took command of Confederate forces in Virginia in the summer of 1862. &#8211;Varon, ARMIES, p. 17<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Three offensives in fall 1862\n<ul>\n<li>Sept \/\/ Maryland campaign (Lee)<\/li>\n<li>Sept &amp; Oct \/\/ Mississippi campaign (Price and Van Dorn)<\/li>\n<li>Sept &amp; Oct \/\/ Kentucky campaign (Bragg and Smith)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Understanding Union Politics<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>We are now on the brink of destruction.&#8211;Abraham Lincoln, December 18, 1862<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2507\" style=\"width: 639px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-28-at-7.26.20-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2507\" class=\"wp-image-2507 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-28-at-7.26.20-AM-1024x509.png\" alt=\"Cartoon\" width=\"629\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-28-at-7.26.20-AM-1024x509.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-28-at-7.26.20-AM-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-28-at-7.26.20-AM-768x382.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-28-at-7.26.20-AM-1536x764.png 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-28-at-7.26.20-AM-500x249.png 500w, https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-28-at-7.26.20-AM.png 2010w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1863 cartoon depicting Lincoln&#8217;s cabinet crisis and the fate of William Seward<\/p><\/div><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Abolitionists<\/li>\n<li>Radical Republicans<\/li>\n<li>Moderate Republicans<\/li>\n<li><strong>[Unionists]<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Border state conservatives<\/li>\n<li>War Democrats<\/li>\n<li>Copperhead Democrats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>1862 (-63) Midterm elections<\/strong><\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>On the question of how the preliminary proclamation affected the fall elections of 1862, the record is ambiguous.\u00a0 Republicans did suffer setbacks, as Democrats picked up more than two dozen seats in Congress, with notable gains in the key swing states of Pennsylvania, Illinois, and Indiana and victories in the gubernatorial races in New York and New Jersey. &#8211;Varon, Armies, 160<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Notable defeats include Copperhead leader Clement Vallandigham (D-OH) and Speaker of the House Galusha Grow (R-PA)<\/li>\n<li>Notable victories include New York Gov. Horatio Seymour (D)<\/li>\n<li>Midterm cycle begins in June 1862 and ends in November 1863<\/li>\n<li>New 38th congress meets in December 1863<\/li>\n<li>24 states participating with 184 congressional districts at stake<\/li>\n<li>Unionist \/ Republican = 112 members VS. Democrats = 72 members<\/li>\n<li>New Speaker:\u00a0 Schulyer Colfax (U\/R -IN)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a01862<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>June:<\/strong>\u00a0 Oregon (1 district)<\/li>\n<li><strong>September:<\/strong>\u00a0 Maine (5 districts)<\/li>\n<li><strong>October:\u00a0<\/strong> Indiana (11), Iowa (6), Ohio (19), Pennsylvania (24)<\/li>\n<li><strong>November:<\/strong> Delaware (1), Illinois (14), Kansas (1), Massachusetts (10), Michigan (6), Minnesota (2), Missouri (9), New Jersey (5), New York (31), Wisconsin (6)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a01863<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>March:\u00a0<\/strong> New Hampshire (3 districts)<\/li>\n<li><strong>April:<\/strong> Connecticut (4), Rhode Island (2)<\/li>\n<li><strong>August:<\/strong>\u00a0 Kentucky (9)<\/li>\n<li><strong>September:\u00a0<\/strong> California (3), Vermont (3)<\/li>\n<li><strong>October:\u00a0<\/strong> West Virginia (3)<\/li>\n<li><strong>November:\u00a0<\/strong> Maryland (5)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Varon, Chapters 5:\u00a0 FALL \/ WINTER 1862-63 This Righteous Decree &#8220;Liberating&#8221; Kentucky Vicksburg is the Key Forlorn Hope at Fredericksburg Lincoln&#8217;s Second Annual Message &nbsp; Timeline September 17 \/\/ Battle of Antietam September 22 \/\/ Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation September 24 \/\/ Suspension of Habeas Corpus Sept &amp; Oct \/\/ Battles of Iuka (Sept. 19) and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":0,"parent":13,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2263","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2263\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-288pinsker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}