The U.S. Civil War: Was it one nation divided, remaking itself, or two nations at war? There is no one answer. But every day was a day of great change.
Saturday, August 17, 2013
August 18, 1863---Emancipation Raids
AUGUST 18, 1863:
General Thomas
Ewing, Jr. U.S.A. orders raids on pro-Confederate Missouri military camps with
the express intention of emancipating any slaves bound in service to the
Confederacy.
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