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georgiastudies
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03/14/2011

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North Wartime Strategies
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naval blockade of confederate ports, ironclads, inflict high casualties on the battle field, anaconda plan, lay waste to southern civilian property so they wont want to fight.
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South Wartime Strategies
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blockade runners, swift raiders, and submarines, wear down union armies, inflict high casualties on battlefield, kind cotton diplomacy
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Abraham Lincoln
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president of the Union, wrote the Emancipation Proclamation, and they Gettysburg Address
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Jefferson Davis
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president of the C.S.A
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Andrew Johnson
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VP of the Union
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Clara Barton
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founder of the American Red Cross
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Loretta Velazquez
Definition
Latino woman disguised herself as a C.S.A officer and fought in civil war with her husband, later was a confederate spy
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Johnny Reb
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Union nickname for a C.S.A soldier
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Robert Toombs
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Georgian Secretary or State for C.S.A
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Alexander Stephans
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Georgian VP of the C.S.A
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William T. Sherman
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Union general who led the infamous "Sherman's March to the Sea" from Atlanta to Savannah which cause mass destruction in GA
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David Farragut
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first Latino Rear Admiral in U.S naval history; hero of the battle of Mobile, AL
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Billy Yank
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Confederate nickname for a Union soldier
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Emancipation Proclamation: Date issued & date went into effect
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September 1862 & January 1, 1863
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Emancipation Proclamation: author
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Abraham Lincoln
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Emancipation Proclamation: what did it state?
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if the south would surrender, they could keep their slaves. However, if they chose to keep fighting, on January 1, 1863, all slaves in the Southern states would be considered free.
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Emancipation Proclamation: The south's response
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they chose to continue fighting
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Surrender of the South: location
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Appomattox Court House, Virginia; April 9, 1865
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Surrender of the South: commanding officers
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Robert E. Lee (C.S.A) Ulysses S. Grant (U.S)
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Surrender of the South: conditions
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unconditional surrender by the south; north would set the terms
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