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northern general for battle of gettysburg
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meade
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southern general for battle of gettysburg
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lee
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# of northern troops for battle of gettysburg
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94000
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# of southern troops for battle of gettysburg
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72000
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southern strategy for battle of gettysburg
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go north
capture major city call for end of war |
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northern strategy for battle of gettysburg
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stay between lee and dc
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how it started at battle of gettysburg
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both armies collide at gettysburg by accident
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day 1 at battle of gettysburg
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lee pushes northern forces almost off the battle field
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day 2 at battle of gettysburg
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both armies are fully involved, but lee cant force the north off hills
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day 3 at battle of gettysburg
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lee tries a frontal assult on union lines pickets charge it fails and lee and army retreat to the south
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frontal assult on union lines used at battle of gettysburg
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pickets charge
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losses for north at battle of gettysburg
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23,000
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losses for south at battle of gettysburg
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22,000
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impact battle of gettysburg has on war (4 things)
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turning point of war
lee never goes north again lee cant replace troops lincoln fires meade for not following |
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northern learder at vicksburg
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grant
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southern leader at vicksburg
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pemberton
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# of northern troops at vicksburg
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30,000
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# of southern troops at vicksburg
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20,000
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situation at vicksburg
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grant starts it to control the mississippi river
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events of the siege at vicksburg
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confederate army and citizens trapped for 6 weeks
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surrendering date at vicksburg
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july 4th
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results of siege
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union control miss river
used for transportation splits off three states from CSA grant becomes leader of all union forces |
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north economy during war
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booms with money spent on war
supply contracts - a lot of graft rockefellar |
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southern economy during war
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hammered by lack of industry
try to trade but blockade stops it completely labor force is gone |
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women in war 2 famous women
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dorthia dix
clara barton |
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# of women serving in war
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400
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shermans march..what is total war
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attack support system of the enemy, destroy the will of the nation you're fighting
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shermans march..damage?
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destroys path 20mile wide from tenn to atlantic ocean burned atlanta-heads north
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attrition
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continually fighting your enemy they lose men and supplies
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northern leader at the battle of the wilderness
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grant
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southern leader at the battle of the wilderness
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lee
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# of troops for north in the battle of the wilderness
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100,000
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# of troops for south in the battle of the wilderness
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61,000
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wilderness
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bloody battle ending in a draw because of fire..grant attacks days later
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loss for north at the battle of the wilderness
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18,000
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loss for south at the battle of the wilderness
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11,000
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northern leader/# for petersburg
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Grant 125,000
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southern leader/# for petersburg
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Lee 35,000
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petersburg battle of the crater
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5000d/w
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petersburg summary
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lee small trenches
grant big lee stretch grant stretch 9 months capture |
