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  1. 3. Act , 1862 law that allowed African American soldiers to serve in the Union military
  2. 5. state , slave states that did not secede: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, Missouri
  3. 9. of Vicksburg , gave the Union control of the Mississippi River in July 1863 dividing the Confederate States in two
  4. 10. States of America , the name adopted by the 11 Southern states that seceded from the Union during the Civil War
  5. 12. Barton , nurse during the Civil War; founder of the American Red Cross
  6. 16. of Shiloh , April 1862 Union victory in Tennessee noted for its large number of dead and wounded
  7. 17. Cross , an international organization that cares for the sick or wounded or homeless in wartime
  8. 20. , an 1861 3-5% tax on earnings to pay for the costs of the Civil War
  9. 21. , a military draft
  10. 22. McClellan , first commander of the Union army; fired by Lincoln after the Battle of Antietam for being too cautious
  11. 25. C. Breckinridge , Southern Democrat candidate for President of the United States in the 1860 Election
  12. 26. Campaign , Spring 1862 failed Union attempt to capture Richmond led by McClellan stopped by Lee at the Seven Days Battle
  13. 27. Jackson , Confederate general during the Battle of Bull Run; later became Robert E. Lee's right-hand man
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  1. 1. G. Farragut , Union naval commander who took control of New Orleans in 1862
  2. 2. corpus , principle that a person cannot be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime
  3. 3. , Confederate ironclad ship
  4. 4. Davis , President of the Confederate States of America
  5. 6. E. Lee , Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia (Confederate Army)
  6. 7. Massachusetts Regiment , a famous African American unit in the Union army; led an attack on Ft. Wagner near Charleston, SC
  7. 8. York City Draft Riots , July 1863 opposition to conscription; Irish Americans burnt buildings and killed blacks
  8. 11. Proclamation , order issued by Abraham Lincoln declaring slaves in all rebelling states were free
  9. 13. actor who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  10. 14. Brady , Civil War photographer
  11. 15. Pickett , Confederate general who led a failed charge against Union forces at Gettysburg
  12. 18. Amendment, 1865 constitutional amendment that abolished slavery
  13. 19. , Union ironclad ship
  14. 23. Wilkes Booth,
  15. 24. Sumter , Union fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina where the first shots of the Civil War were fired in April 1861