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Robert E. Lee
Chapter 13
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History
3rd Grade
01/14/2013

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Robert E. Lee
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the leading general of the Confederate army during the Civil War
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Union
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another name for the United States of America; it also became the name of the Northern states during the Civil War
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Confederate States
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the name of the Southern states that left the Union during the Civil War
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Traveller
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the name of General Lee's beautiful gray horse
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George Washington
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the person young Robert E. Lee admired more than any other person in the world
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soldier
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what Robert E. Lee wanted to become
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Arlington, Virginia
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the home of Robert E. Lee before the Civil War
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West Point
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a military academy that trains soldiers to become leaders
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engineer
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Robert E. Lee's job in the army before the Civil War
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how having fewer factories and fewer men than the North hurt the South during the Civil War
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1. few factories to make guns
2. fewer men to fight
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Civil War
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the war between the Confederate States and the Union, which lasted from 1861-1865
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build up their country again
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what Robert E. Lee encouraged his men to do after the war was over
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Mary Cutis Lee
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the great-granddaughter of Martha Washington and wife of Robert E. Lee
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Confederate Army
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what the Southern army was called
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commander
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the position/job Robert E. Lee was given during the war
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Jefferson Davis
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the president of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War
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to be obeyed
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why rules were made
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Civil War
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the war when the Southern states left the United States
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