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What did lincoln want before announcing the emancipation proclamation?

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a major union military victory
User Michael Edwards
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Answer:

Lincoln needed a Union victory.

Step-by-step explanation:

He needed evidence that the Union could win the Civil War, that evidence was a Union victory.

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