Days of Jubilee - The Impact of the Emancipation Proclamation 

African-Americans who were set free by the North were called 'contrabands' because they were viewed by the
South as property.  This group is shown wearing old Union uniforms and standing near a signal tower.

#1 Union Army is now an Army of liberation

#2  News about the proclamation would spread like wild fire
#3  Committed the American government to a position and African Americans

#4  Formally authorized the recruitment of black soldiers

Opposition to Abraham Lincoln 
 

#1 Elections in the fall of 1862 turn the Illinois Legislative over to the Democrats

#2 Illinois votes approved amendments to the State constitution that forbade black suffrage and black immigration
#3 Legislature condemns the Emancipation Proclamation and calls for it's withdrawal

#4  Pro-Confederate Northerners (Copperheads) - CASE STUDY - Clement Vallandigham
#5  Opposition to Conscription (NYC Draft Riots)

A New York state of mind 
more than any other state…

New York contributed  nearly 360,000 soldiers to the Civil War (~50,000 died)

132 won the Medal of Honor 

New York factories provided various war materials including steel, railroad cars, weapons, uniforms, and even horseshoes.

New York provided more horses to the Union army than any other state, which needed to replace 500 per day

Read about Ballston Spa's connection to Sullivan Ballou

1861-1865: The problem with numbers…
What casualty counts really tell us

Historical Context: The Civil War, America's bloodiest conflict, cost nearly 1,100,000 casualties and claimed more than 620,000 lives. The campaigning armies left destruction in their wake, particularly in the Southern states that bore the brunt of the fighting. Best estimates place the total number of war-time clashes in excess of 10,000, many of them large scale encounters that resulted in staggering losses for both sides. Engagements such as Gettysburg, Shiloh, the Wilderness and Chickamauga are ranked among the great battles of history; they bear witness to the courage and tenacity with which the Federal and Confederate soldiers fought for their beliefs.

The Union had between 2,500,000 and 2,750,000 men in arms

Of those, 110,070 died in battle
250, 152 died of disease, etc for a total of

360,222 total Union deaths

13%

The Confederacy had between 750,000 and 1,250,000 men in arms
(Sherman burned so many court houses it's impossible to get an accurate number)

Of those, 94,000 died in battle
164,000 died of disease, etc for a grand total of

258,000 total Confederate deaths

21%

618,222 total (at least)

New Estimate Raises Civil War Death Toll (April 2, 2012)  and Recounting the Dead  (9.21.2012)

Juan Compos and Robert Guzzo Jr