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| The Border States were slave states that shared a border with free states to the north. These included Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri. As a rule, the Border States maintained strong cultural ties with the South, but important economic relationships with the North. |
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| To keep the union intact. Though the abolition of slavery was stated, it was during the Reconstruction. |
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| The South's goal was to establish themselves as an independent republic. |
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| The first major land battle of the Civil War occurred at Bull Run Creek (near the town of Manassas, Virginia) |
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| the 18th President of the United States (1869–77) as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under the command of Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America. |
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| the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000 casualties |
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| Emancipation Proclamation |
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| two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. The first one, issued September 22, 1862, declared the freedom of all slaves in any state of the Confederate States of America that did not return to Union control by January 1, 1863. |
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| Confederate Conscription Act |
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| Confederate draft making 18-35 year olds serve or pay |
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| a Northern Democrat who opposed the Civil War, advocating peace and restoration of the Union even if slavery continued. |
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| a war in which every available weapon is used and the nation's full financial resources are devoted |
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| a military strategy in which a belligerent side attempts to win a war by wearing down its enemy to the point of collapse through continuous losses in personnel and equipment or hardware |
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| officially abolished and continues to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime |
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| victories were the Seven Days Battles, the Second Battle of Bull Run, the Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, and the Battle of Cold Harbor but both of his campaigns to invade the North ended in failure |
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| was the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War and is often described as the war's turning point. |
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| was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. |
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| a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Implamented Total War |
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