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| the first presedent to be assacinatinated |
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| powerful public speaker who advised presedent lincoln Sound policy demands on the instant liberation of every rebel slaves |
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| emancipation proclomation |
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| an executive order issed by abrham lincoln on january 1, 1863freeing all slaves in confederate states |
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| 54th massechusetts regiment |
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| on of the first Afircan-American organized to fight for the union civil war |
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| he was chosen to be the presedent of the confederacy |
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| Abraham licoln main political opponents northern democrats who favord peace with the south |
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| laws that required men to serve in the military aslo called the draft. |
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| A $300 cash payment given to those who served in the military |
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| paper currency issued by the federal government during the civil war. |
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| she organized civil war relife agency and later founded the american red cross |
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| A 1863 civil war battle in which the union victory ended lee's hopes for the confederate victory in the north |
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| a failed, deadly, direct attack on union troops led by the general picket during the ground during the battle of gettysburg |
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| union general who won important victories in the west opening up the mississippi river for travel deep into the south |
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| he lost richmond, the confederate capital to general grant on april 3, 1865 after a 10 month siege |
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| 1863 union victory in mississippi in a town that was the last confederate stronghold on the mississippi river |
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| presedent lincoln 1863 speech to decide A cemitry in it he said we are thwe nation where all men are created equill |
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| a union general who wagged tortal war, desroying rail lines and crops on his way to capture atlanta |
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| the virgina town where robert e. lee surrederd to uyless S. grant in 1865 ending the civil war |
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| the amend =ment to the us constatution adopted in 1865banning slavery and invoulentary servitude in the US |
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