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General Scott sent General Ivrin McDowell and more than 30,000 union troops to do battle,there was victory for confederate forces. Approximately 5,000 men died ,of those 3,000
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Lincoln annouced it issued as a military decree which freed all enslaved people still in rebellion after january1,1862.african americans in the north was eager to join the union army and fight against slavery, others were less enthusiastic. they turned Lincoln's promise into reality.
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vicksburg surrendered, confederate Garrison at Port Hudson, louisiana also surrendered. Last confederacy was split in two.The weapons and defenders weakened.