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| the infamous prison in the South |
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| type of biscuit made of wheat flour |
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| Union victory that cut the Confederacy in two |
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| can be defined as searching and raiding for food |
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| authorization given to a representative to act |
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| general in charge of the Confederate forces |
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| became general in chief of the Union forces |
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| filled roles typically done by men during the Civil War |
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| was a turning point for the nursing profession in the United States |
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| at Gettysburg resulted in the slaughter of Confederate troops |
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| a vital railroad junction where fierce fighting erupted |
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| a vital part-involved gaining control of the Mississippi River in the West |
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| small fast vessels the South used to smuggle goods past the Union blockade |
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| place where General Lee surrendered to Union general Ulysses S. Grant |
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| was won by the Union because of a daring move by commander David G. Farragut |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| decreed freedom for all enslaved people in the states at war with the Union |
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| the military tactic of cutting off food and supplies, and them bombarding a city until its defenders give up |
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| was the first official African American regiment and one of the most famous in the war |
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| a sum of money given by the North as a bonus to individuals who promised three years of military service |
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| Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson |
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| inspired the Confederate troops and got his nickname at the First Battle of Bull Run |
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| in the Civil War saved the Union and strengthened the power of the federal government over the states |
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| this Union defeat demonstrated that a large, well trained army would be needed to defeat the South |
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| during this battle General Lee led a series of attacks on McClellan's army that forced McClellan to retreat |
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| was given by President Lincoln and is considered to be one of the best known speeches in American history |
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| the result of this battle and the terrible lost of life, convinced Lincoln that the time had come to end slavery in the South |
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| Second Battle of Bull Run |
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| battle in which Lee's army forced the North to retreat and left the Confederate troops only 20 miles away from Washington, DC |
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| the purpose of this campaign was to make Southern civilians understand the horrors of war and to pressure them into giving up the struggle |
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| was assassinated while watching a play |
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| lived two year after he passed the Emancipation Proclamation |
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| this battle was the turning point of the war in the East |
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| place where Lincoln came to dedicate a part of the battlefield as a cemetery for the soldiers who had fallen there |
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| this amendment to the Constitution banned slavery |
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| it was necessary to pass the amendment after the Emancipation Proclamation because the proclamation only freed the enslaved African Americans in the states at war with the Union |
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