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- 5. started during the early morning hours of April 9, 1865. By the afternoon of the same day, General Robert E. Lee, commander of all Confederate forces, surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant
- 6. showed that the Union could stand against the Confederate army in the Eastern theater
- 8. On April 12, 1861, forces from the Confederate States of America attacked the United States military garrison...
- 11. declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free.
- 12. November 15 to December 21, 1864, in which Union Major General William Tecumseh Sherman led troops through the Confederate state of Georgia, pillaging the countryside and destroying both military outposts and civilian properties
- 14. When the Civil War began, these vigilante units mustered into the federal army and became formally recognized Union regiments calling themselves ...
- 17. fugitive slaves were declared to be "contraband of war" if their labor had been used to aid the Confederacy in anyway
- 18. Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army defeated Union forces under Maj. Gen. John Pope
- 20. over 400 African American enslaved men, women, and children were sold on a racetrack in Savannah, GA under torrential rain
- 21. The 47-day Siege of Vicksburg eventually gave control of the Mississippi River
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- 1. follows the harrowing journey of a young slave named Cora as she escapes through the clandestine network
- 2. saw more troops engaged than any other battle of the American Civil War, almost 200,000 men
- 3. ended with a United States (Union) victory over Confederate forces in Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee.
- 4. the failed attempt by American and French forces to retake the port city from its British occupiers
- 5. The plan called for a naval blockade of the Confederate littoral, a thrust down the Mississippi, and the strangulation of the South by Union land and naval forces
- 7. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point
- 9. restricted black people's right to own property, conduct business, buy and lease land, and move freely through public spaces
- 10. Confederate general Joseph E. Johnston's troops line the mountain's crest to repulse the advance of Union general William T. Sherman.
- 13. social, political, or economic exclusion of immigrants in order to promote the rights of native people.
- 15. period immediately after the Civil War from 1865 to 1877 when several United States administrations sought to reconstruct society in the former Confederate states in particular by establishing and protecting the legal rights
- 16. Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman, wanting to neutralize the important rail and supply hub, defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John B. Hood.
- 19. highly critical of his master and describes alchemy with much vehemence