Napoleaons desicion to invade russia was, perhaps his greatest mistake, which of the following statements is not true about the invasion of russia?
a: napoleon's army suffered great losses due to russia's harsh winter
b: napoleon decided to invade russia because it was leaving the continental system
c: napoleon was defeated by the russians at the battle of waterloo
d: napoleon marched his army all the way to moscow

the emancipation proclamation was the aim of the war change to include the freeing of slaves in addition to preserving the union. the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery in the u.s. was passed on december 6th 1865.

as promised, lincoln waited to unveil the proclamation until he could do so with success from the union military advance. on september 22nd 1862, after a victory at antietam, he publicly announced a preliminary emancipation proclamation, declaring all slaves free in the rebellious states as of january 1st 1863.

the answer would be c epic   an epic is a long narrative poem about a heroic figure