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| : This first battle near Washington, D.C. was a major victory for the Confederates |
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| Union troops suffered heavy losses at this battle in Maryland. President Lincoln delivered the Emancipation Proclamation to inspire the troops to continue the fight. |
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| Emancipation Proclamation: |
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| was issued by President Lincoln to end slavery in the Confederacy, but not in slave states that stayed in the Union. It was suppose to give his troops another reason to fight the war. |
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| practiced by General Sherman when he destroyed his opponent’s ability and will to fight. |
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| was the President of the United States of America |
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| the President of the Confederacy |
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| speech that declared a battlefield a national cemetery |
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| blacks became citizens of the United States and guaranteed them the same legal rights as whites. |
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| a sunken ship raised by the Confederates and covered it in thick metal plates that could take cannon blasts. It defeated several Union ships. |
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| system of renting farmland for a portion of the crop. |
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| made blacks citizens of the United States |
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| the courthouse in Virginia where General Lee surrendered to General Grant to end the Civil War. |
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| stood firm like a “Stonewall” during the battle of the 1st Bull Run. His Confederate troops regrouped and won the battle. |
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| Nurse for the Union Army...later founded the American Red Cross |
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| Stated a hosiptal in the south...saved many lives |
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| the first shots were fired by the South in South Carolina..no shots were fired by the north. |
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