Civil War

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  1. 4. Proclamation an executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in all regions behind Confederate lines
  2. 5. Sumter the location in Charleston, South Caroline where the Confederate army seized on April 12, 1861, prompting more unity and volunteers in the North
  3. 10. the drafting of citizens for military service
  4. 12. Amendment an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1865, that has abolished slavery and involuntary servitude
  5. 14. Jackson American Confederate general; he earned a reputation for bravery at Bull Run and was one of the South's most successful generals before he was killed at Chancellorsville
  6. 16. S. Grant American general; he received a field promotion to lieutenant general in charge of all Union forces during the Civil War and later accepted General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, ending the civil war
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  1. 1. American Confederate general; he successfully led several major battles until his defeat at Gettysburg, and he surrendered to the Union's Commander General Grant at Appomattox Court House
  2. 2. Court House town near Appomattox, Virginia, where Lee surrendered to Grant on April 9, 1865, thus ending the Civil War
  3. 3. tax a tax on earnings
  4. 6. Wilkes Booth actor and Confederate supporter who assassinated Abraham Lincoln
  5. 7. the Mississippi location where, in 1863, Ulysses S. Grant fought to control water traffic, and his victory led to the Union finally cutting the Confederacy in two
  6. 8. the holiday celebrating the day Union general Granger arrived in Texas and announced the freedom of slaves
  7. 9. Tecumseh Sherman Union army officer, his famous March to the Sea captured Atlanta, Georgia, an important turning point in the war
  8. 11. the location of a bloody battle in Tennessee where Ulysses S. Grant led the Union against the Confederacy; nearly 25,000 men were either killed, injured, or captured
  9. 13. the Pennsylvania location of the most decisive battle of the Civil War, fought July 1-3, 1863
  10. 15. the creek near which McClellan and Lee led their troops to fight in the bloodiest single-day battle in American history