Jefferson Davis

31 August 2022
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jefferson davis
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he served as franklin pierces secretary of war and became one of the souths leading advocates in the senate
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anaconcda plan
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the idea that you surround the enemy and then slowly condense inward and choke them out
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border states
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in the civil war the states between the north and the south: delaware, mayland, kentucky, and missouri
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george mcClellan
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union general, 1st commander, overly cautious, fired by Lincoln
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ulysses s. grant
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an American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War.
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william tecumseh sherman
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United States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West
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robert e. lee
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Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force
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antitam creek
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McClellan's troops attacked the larger part of Lee's army ant Antitam Creek, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862. This was the bloodiest day in theCivil War.
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crittenden resolution
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stated that the war was being fought solely "to defend and maintain the supremecy of the constitution and to preserve the constitution".
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emancipation proclamation
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Issued by abraham lincoln on september 22, 1862 it declared that all slaves in the confederate states would be free
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habeas corpus
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the civil right to obtain a writ of habeas corpus as protection against illegal imprisonment
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copperheads
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a group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War
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NYC draft riot
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Mostly Irish who opposed the draft; largest incident in draft violence. The worst riot in Amercian history. Poor whites targerted the weathly, Republicans and African Americans for violence
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gettysburg
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The most violent battle of the American Civil War and is frequently cited as the war's turning point, fought from July 1 - July 3, 1863.
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shermans march to the sea
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sherman/ some 60000 troops set out to march across Georgia; burnt city and destroyed everything.
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appomattox courthouse
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the Virginia town where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in 1865, ending the Civil War
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john wilkes booth
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United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865)