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| Missouri Kentucky Maryland Deleware |
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| war aims and strategies (north) |
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| north- blockade, gain control of Mississippi River(split c), capture Richmond |
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| war aims and strategies (south) |
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| defense strategy, idpendent nation, recognition from Great Britian and France, invade north |
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| 1st battle of Bull Run (manassas) |
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| (U)cdr; Gen. Mcdowell (C)cdr; Gen. Beauregard 1st major battle of war, (C) victory July 21, 1861 Northern Virgina union expected quick victory and capture of richmond but union panic and north shocked Lincoln calls for 1 million troops and 3 year enlistments. |
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| Lincoln appoints him Gen. of the (U)army, of the East called: Army of the Potomac |
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| Battle of Shiloh(Pittsburg Landing) |
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| (U) Cdr; Gen. Grant (C) Cdr; Gen. Albert Johnston and Beauregard, (U) Victory April 6 and 7 1862, Tennessee 20,000 casualties people killed/wounded |
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| (U)Cdr; Gen. McClellan (C)Cdr; Gen. Robert E. Lee (U) victory Lee retreats Sept. 17, 1862 Maryland 23,000 casualties Lincoln fires McClellan |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| Proclaimed after Battle of Antietam Sep. 22, 1862 |
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| Patent office clerk, who in 1862 delivers medical supplies to Battle of Antietam helps doctors and later organized Red Cross in 1881 |
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| July 1, 3 1863 Gen. Meade (U) Gen. Lee (C) soldiers were looking for shoes when (U) fired upon them in the Battle turning point in war (U) victory |
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| Gen. Grant (U) caputures city on July 4, 1863 it allows (U) to control Miss. R a (U) war goal |
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| Gen. Grant (U) caputures city on July 4, 1863 it allows (U) to control Miss. R a (U) war goal |
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| Lincoln's speech on Nov. 19 1863 to dedicate a cemetery is used to explain purpose of the war |
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| (U) gen. (marches to the sea) from altanta to savannah georgia. total war helps lincoln get reelected. |
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| (U) gen. (marches to the sea) from altanta to savannah georgia. total war helps lincoln get reelected. |
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| Surrender at Appromattox Courthouse |
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| civil war ended when Gen. Lee (C) surrendered to (U) Gen. Grant at the Appromattox Courthouse on april 9 1865, the surrender conditions were not harsh by Grant |
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| lincolns first choice to lead union army, heads to (C) army. Lee defeats at Battle of Gettysburg is the turning point in the war surrenders to grant at courthouse |
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| U army Gen. caputes fts. henry and donelson calls for unconditional surrender, battles of shiloh, vicksburg, lincoln makes gen. of all (U) armies |
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| (U)Gen. lost at the 1st Battle of Bull Run |
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| (C) Gen. at Ft. Sumter, 1st Battle at Bull Run |
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| actor who assassinated Lincoln at Ford's theater on April 14, 1865 five days after lee surrendered to grant |
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