In 1863, the nature of Civil War shifted. On a January 1st of that year, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves in the Confederate states... With the Emancipation Proclamation, the struggle between North and South transformed into a war to end slavery.
Simple answer, Jews. Its a Euphemism for the relocation of the Jewish people. They weren't murdered up to this point. That began happening on January 20, 1942 after France had fallen (May 10 1941).