Meeting - American Civil War Round Table (NSW)
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Price includes a two-course buffet dinner - subsidised by ACWRT (NSW).Our meeting will look at the closing stages of 1862 which witnessed two of the most outstanding developments:
Firstly we will discuss Lee's Maryland Campaign - the South would "ïnvade" the North, bring the Union Army to battle, attempt to entice Maryland to join the Confederacy, and possibly bring about foreign recognition and independence for the new Confederate States of America. This campaign culminated in the darkest and bloodiest day in American history - the Battle of Antietam.
But there were changes afoot for Lincoln and the Union as well. Despite the strenuous and consistent pledge by the Lincoln Administration that their war aim was to preserve the Union and not to abolish slavery, the years end would see President Lincoln issue the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. The war would be forever changed. We will look at how this came about and the implications of the proclamation - then and now.
Location
Chatswood Club
11 Help Street , (Parking at rear - off McIntosh Street), Chatswood NSW 2067
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Meeting - American Civil War Round Table (NSW)
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