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Fort Sumpter 1861
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US fort Charleston, S. Carolina. after S.C. seceded North laid siege to Fort Sumpter. began Civil War
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1st Bull Run 1861
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1st battle of the Civil War. north defeated
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North sux
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Robert E. Lee
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Confed General. most skilled military strategist. led confed;s to victory thru Civil War
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Stonewall Jackson
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Confed general. "Stonewall" at Bull Run unwillingness to yield
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a stone wall
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George McClellan
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eastern portion of Union army. Peninsula Campaign. fired b/c too cautious at Antietam
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careful
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Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
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western Union army ->defeated at Shiloh. assigned to Lincoln to eastern theater. "butcher"- wasted so many lives at battle. at end of war = control of whole Union army
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butcher
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William Tecumseh Sherman
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gen. March to the Sea. trail of destruction thruout the south.
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destruction
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Antietam 1862
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bloodiest day of Civil war (22,000 casualties). 1st Union victory in eastern theater
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Emancipation Proclamation 1863
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after battle of antietam. lincoln proposed to free slaves in rebellious states. allow slavery in Border states that didn't rebel. gain brit support for Union
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Vicksburg 1863
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Union victory under Gran, w/ gettysburg = turning point in war
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Gettysburg 1863
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greatest battles in north america (55,000 casualties)
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Draft riots
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north and south had acts to draft ppl in the war. 1863, NYC immigrants start draft riot b/c rich ppl could dodge draft by paying a fee
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Appomattox Courthouse 1865
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site of Confed surrender. ended war
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Copperheads
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xtreme northern demos led by clement Vallandigham. believed the Union could be united if slavery were not attacked. opposed conscription and arrested on charges of hindering the union cause w/ slander about lincoln and his supporters
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dont know what they have to do w/ copper.. North Democrats
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Lincoln's 10% Plan 1865
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allowed Southern secession states to restore their old govt after 10% of the voters had given an oath of loyalty to the union
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Radical Republicans
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political party that wanted the Reconstruction to be a radical change. favored political subservience of the South. led by Thaddeus Stevens
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13th Amendment 1865
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abolished slavery. us Adopted 1865 after Civil War
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