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22 Cards in this Set
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Abraham Lincoln |
-Born: February 12, 1809 -Assassinated: April 15, 1865 -Role: He was the President of the US and he brought the US back to Unity -Fact: He was 6,4 |
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Ulysses S. Grant |
-Born: April 27, 1822 -Death: July 23, 1885 -Role: Commanding General -Fact: 18th President of the United States |
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William T Sherman |
-Born: February 8, 1820 -Death: February 14, 1891 -Role: General in the Union Army -Fact: William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author |
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Winfield Scott |
-Born: June 13, 1786
-Death: May 29, 1866 -Role: United States Army general -Fact: presidential candidate
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George B. McClellan |
-Born: December 3, 1826 -Death: October 29, 1885 -Role: major general for the Union -Fact: Democratic presidential nominee in 1864 |
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David Farragut |
-Born: July 5, 1801
-Death: August 14, 1870 -role: flag officer of the United States Navy -Fact: He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy |
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Jefferson Davis |
-Born: June 3, 1808 -Death: December 6, 1889 -role: President of the Confederate States of America -Fact: American politician |
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Robert E. Lee |
-Born: January 19, 1807 -Death: October 12, 1870 -role: commanding the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia -Fact: his wife was Mary Anna Custis Lee |
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Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson |
-Born: January 21, 1824 -Death: May 10, 1863 -role: Confederate general -Fact: His full name "Thomas Jonathan Jackson" |
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Joseph E. Johnson |
-Born: February 3, 1807 -Death: March 21, 1891 -role: senior general officers in the Confederate States Army -Fact: He went to United States Military Academy |
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Nathan B. Forrest |
-Born: July 13, 1821 -Death: October 29, 1877 -role: lieutenant general -Fact: He was often called "Bedford Forrest" |
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George E. Dixon |
-Born: 1837 -Death: February 17, 1864 -role: first lieutenant -Fact: He is best known as the commander of the Confederate submarine H.L. Hunley |
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Siege of Fort Sumter |
-When: April 12 – April 13, 1861 -what happen: The start of the civil war -fact: It was a Confederate Victory |
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Battle of First Manassas/Bull Run |
-When: July 21, 1861 -What happen: Prove it wasn't going to be a short war -Fact: 3,000 Union casualties, compared with 1,750 for the Confederates |
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Battle of Shiloh |
-When: April 6 to April 7, 1862 -What happen: first union victory of the civil war -Fact: 23,000 total casualties |
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Battle of Antietam |
-When: September 17, 1862
-What happen: bloodiest single day in American history -Fact: 22,000 casualties. |
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Battle of Chancellorsville |
-When: April 30 to May 6, 1863
-What happen: Robert E. Lee’s greatest victory during the American Civil War -Fact: Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson was wounded by friendly fire during the battle. |
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Battle of Gettysburg |
-When: July 1 to July 3, 1863
-What happen: Turning point of the war -Fact: Confederates had lost some 28,000 men–more than a third of Lee’s army |
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Siege of Vicksburg |
-When: May and June of 1863 -What happen: It gave the union control over the Mississippi River -Fact: One of the longest battles of the civil war |
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Siege of Petersburg |
-When: June 9, 1864 – March 25, 1865 -What happen: The union gain control of there resources -Fact: It was a union victory |
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Battle of Atlanta |
-When: July 22, 1864 -What happen: The battle spelled out who would win the war -Fact: It was a union victory |
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Surrender at Appomattox Court House |
-When: April 9, 1865 -What happen: This was the last battle of the civil war -Fact: Union win |
