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Ambrose Burnsides
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Ambrose Everett Burnside was an American soldier, railroad executive, inventor, industrialist, and politician from Rhode Island, serving as governor and a United States Senator.
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Joseph Hooker
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Joseph Hooker was a career United States Army officer, achieving the rank of major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
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George Pickett
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George Edward Pickett was a career United States Army officer who became a major general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War
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George Meade
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George Gordon Meade was a career United States Army officer and civil engineer involved in the coastal construction of several lighthouses. He fought with distinction in the Second Seminole War and the Mexican–American War.
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Elizabeth Blackwell
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Elizabeth Blackwell was a British-born physician, notable as the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States, as well as the first woman on the UK Medical Register
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Emancipation
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the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation."the emancipation of feminist ideas"the freeing of someone from slavery."the early struggle for emancipation from slavery"
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Copperheads
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the mean of Copperheads The Copperheads were a vocal faction of Democrats in the Northern United States of the Union who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates |
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Habeas Corpus
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the mean of Habeas Corpus Habeas corpus (/ˈheɪbiəs ˈkɔːrpəs/; Latin for "you [shall] have the body") is a legal action or writ by means of which detainees can seek relief from unlawful imprisonment. |
