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VA US 7.4
VA US Vocabulary 7.4
Term | Definition |
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contraband | supplies captured from an enemy during wartime |
Battle of Antietam | 1862 Civil War battle in which 23,000 troops were killed or wounded in one day; won by the Union. |
Emancipation Proclamation | Decree by President Lincoln that declared free all enslaved people living in Confederate states and territories still in rebellion against the Union on January 1, 1863. |
Militia Act | 1862 law that allowed African American soldiers to serve in the Union military. |