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civil war vocabulary
the men
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History
7th Grade
05/19/2009

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Martial law
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rule by the army instead of the elected government
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fort Sumter
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first battle of civil war
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Jefferson Davis
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first president of the confederate states of America
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Abraham Lincoln
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won presidency in 1860
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bull run
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first major battle of civil war:fought in Virgina
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stonewall jackson
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general jackson stood his ground like a stone
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George McClellan
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commender of the union army of the east
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Robert E. Lee
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general of the confederate army
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Merrimac
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confederate iron clad ship
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battle of Antietam
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an 1862 civil war battle in Maryland
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battle of Shiloh
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an 1862 civil war battle in tennassee
that ended in union victory
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Ulysses s. grant
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a general of the union who fought in the battle of shiloh
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vicksburg
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emanicapiton procolmation
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lincon's 1863 declaration freeing slaves in the confedracy
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