Although Abraham Lincoln repeatedly stated that his goal in fighting the Civil War was to save the Union rather than to abolish slavery, emancipation soon became an important factor in the Federal war effort. Identify the key turning points in the Union’

Although Abraham Lincoln repeatedly stated that his goal in fighting the Civil War was to save the Union rather than to abolish slavery, emancipation soon became an important factor in the Federal war effort. Identify the key turning points in the Union’

 
Although Abraham Lincoln repeatedly stated that his goal in fighting the Civil War was to save the Union rather than to abolish slavery, emancipation soon became an important factor in the Federal war effort.  Identify the key turning points in the Union’s evolving policy toward slavery.  Could the North have won the war without destroying slavery?