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97 Cards in this Set
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Anaconda plan
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The plan by the union for cutting off the south from food by a naval blockade, take the southern Capitol of Richmond, and divide the south by the Mississippi River
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Bull Run
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A small creek where the confederate army camped st
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Stonewall Jackson
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General Thomas J Jackson's nickname, confederate general
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George McClellan
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Led the new union army, general camped by Washington, was fired for being a coward
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Ulysses S Grant
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West Point graduate who failed at everything except military life, general of confederate army
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Shiloh
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Small Tennessee church where grant gathered his troops, changed warfar, people were slaughtered
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David G Farragut
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60 year old commander assigned the confederacy's largest city and busiest port
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Fort Pillow
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Many black soldiers were slaughtered
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Antietam
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A sluggish creek where two armies fought, bloodiest day of the war
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Robert E Lee
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Johnston was wounded and command was passed to Robert, had politely turned down an offer from Lincoln
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Moniter
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The unions ironclad
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Merrimack
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Confederate ironclad
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Habeas Corpus
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A court order that requires police to bring a person to jail without telling them why
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Conscription
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A draft that would fore certain members of the population to serve the army
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Copperheads
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Northern democrats who advocated peace with the south
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Andersonville
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The worst confederate war camp in Georgia
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Andersonville
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The worst confederate war camp in Georgia
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Gettysgurg
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July 3rd three day battle which was the turning point of the civil war
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Andersonville
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The worst confederate war camp in Georgia
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Gettysgurg
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July 3rd three day battle which was the turning point of the civil war
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Clara Barton
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Union nurse "angel of the battlefield"
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Andersonville
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The worst confederate war camp in Georgia
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Gettysgurg
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July 3rd three day battle which was the turning point of the civil war
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Clara Barton
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Union nurse "angel of the battlefield"
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Income tax
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A tax of a specified percentage of an individuals income
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Andersonville
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The worst confederate war camp in Georgia
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Gettysgurg
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July 3rd three day battle which was the turning point of the civil war
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Clara Barton
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Union nurse "angel of the battlefield"
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Income tax
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A tax of a specified percentage of an individuals income
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Chancellorsville
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South defeats north during first 4 days of may
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Andersonville
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The worst confederate war camp in Georgia
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Gettysgurg
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July 3rd three day battle which was the turning point of the civil war
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Clara Barton
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Union nurse "angel of the battlefield"
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Income tax
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A tax of a specified percentage of an individuals income
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Chancellorsville
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South defeats north during first 4 days of may
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Gettysburg Adress
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Lincoln's speech that remade America
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Andersonville
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The worst confederate war camp in Georgia
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Gettysgurg
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July 3rd three day battle which was the turning point of the civil war
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Clara Barton
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Union nurse "angel of the battlefield"
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Income tax
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A tax of a specified percentage of an individuals income
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Chancellorsville
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South defeats north during first 4 days of may
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Gettysburg Adress
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Lincoln's speech that remade America
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John Wilkes booth
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Assassin that killed Lincoln, 26 year old actor
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Andersonville
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The worst confederate war camp in Georgia
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Gettysgurg
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July 3rd three day battle which was the turning point of the civil war
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Clara Barton
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Union nurse "angel of the battlefield"
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Income tax
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A tax of a specified percentage of an individuals income
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Chancellorsville
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South defeats north during first 4 days of may
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Gettysburg Adress
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Lincoln's speech that remade America
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John Wilkes booth
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Assassin that killed Lincoln, 26 year old actor
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Red Cross
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Nurses in the war founded in 1881
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Andersonville
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The worst confederate war camp in Georgia
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Gettysgurg
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July 3rd three day battle which was the turning point of the civil war
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Clara Barton
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Union nurse "angel of the battlefield"
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Income tax
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A tax of a specified percentage of an individuals income
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Chancellorsville
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South defeats north during first 4 days of may
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Gettysburg Adress
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Lincoln's speech that remade America
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John Wilkes booth
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Assassin that killed Lincoln, 26 year old actor
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Red Cross
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Nurses in the war founded in 1881
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Thirteenth Amendment
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Ratified by 27 states including 8 states from the south
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Andersonville
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The worst confederate war camp in Georgia
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Gettysgurg
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July 3rd three day battle which was the turning point of the civil war
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Clara Barton
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Union nurse "angel of the battlefield"
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Income tax
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A tax of a specified percentage of an individuals income
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Chancellorsville
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South defeats north during first 4 days of may
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Gettysburg Adress
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Lincoln's speech that remade America
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John Wilkes booth
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Assassin that killed Lincoln, 26 year old actor
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Red Cross
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Nurses in the war founded in 1881
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Thirteenth Amendment
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Ratified by 27 states including 8 states from the south
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National Bank Act
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A system of federally chartered banks, set requirements for loans
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Andersonville
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The worst confederate war camp in Georgia
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Appomattox court house
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Where lee and grant met to arrange surrender in Virginia
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Gettysgurg
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July 3rd three day battle which was the turning point of the civil war
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Clara Barton
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Union nurse "angel of the battlefield"
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Income tax
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A tax of a specified percentage of an individuals income
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Chancellorsville
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South defeats north during first 4 days of may
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Gettysburg Adress
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Lincoln's speech that remade America
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John Wilkes booth
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Assassin that killed Lincoln, 26 year old actor
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Red Cross
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Nurses in the war founded in 1881
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Thirteenth Amendment
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Ratified by 27 states including 8 states from the south
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National Bank Act
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A system of federally chartered banks, set requirements for loans
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Andersonville
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The worst confederate war camp in Georgia
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Appomattox court house
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Where lee and grant met to arrange surrender in Virginia
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William Tecumseh Sherman
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A commander appointed by grant grant of military division of Mississippi
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Gettysgurg
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July 3rd three day battle which was the turning point of the civil war
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Clara Barton
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Union nurse "angel of the battlefield"
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Income tax
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A tax of a specified percentage of an individuals income
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Chancellorsville
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South defeats north during first 4 days of may
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Gettysburg Adress
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Lincoln's speech that remade America
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John Wilkes booth
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Assassin that killed Lincoln, 26 year old actor
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Red Cross
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Nurses in the war founded in 1881
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Thirteenth Amendment
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Ratified by 27 states including 8 states from the south
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National Bank Act
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A system of federally chartered banks, set requirements for loans
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Pickets charge
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On the last battle of the day of Gettysburg picket gathered his troops in one last futile charge against the union on the top of the hill. Needles to say they were slaughtered by the union
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Pickets charge
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On the last battle of the day of Gettysburg picket gathered his troops in one last futile charge against the union on the top of the hill. Needles to say they were slaughtered by the union
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Vicksburg
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Last confederate fort taken
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Chancellorsville
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Stonewall Jackson was shot, last southern victory
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