Name: Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
Duration: 125
Description: Using a revolutionary new form of communication, President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, which he believes will give the Union both a moral and strategic advantage, in this scene from "The March to War."

Using a revolutionary new form of communication, President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, which he believes will give the Union both a moral and strategic advantage, in this scene from "The March to War."

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