Emancipation Proclamation

I found it very interesting that because of Robert E Lee being appointed as general of the Confederate Army, the out come turned into the writing of the Emancipation Proclamation. Before Lee was appointed as general, the Confederate Army struggled on the battle field and the Union was winning a majority of the battles. President Lincoln realized that a major factor for the South to be doing so well was because of the help of the slaves. Lincoln at the start of the war was'nt for abolishing slavery but just for keeping it from spreading to other states. Once Lincoln realized how much the slaves were helping the Confederate Army, he then knew that by abolishing slavery completley it would end up helping the Union Army in the long run.