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American Civil War
People & Places
Term | Definition |
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Abraham Lincoln | President of the United States. |
Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy. |
Robert E. Lee | Leader of the Confederate Army. |
Ulysses S. Grant | Leader of the Union Army. |
William Tecumseh Sherman | Led the "March to the Sea" from Atlanta to the Atlantic Ocean destroying everything in his way. |
Appomattox Court House | The place where the Confederates surrendered to the Union. |
Fort Sumter | The place where the Civil War started. |
Battle of Gettysburg | The turning point of the Civil War. |
"March to the Sea" | Sherman's troops went through the south destroying everything in his path. |
Copperheads | Northern Democrats that wanted to agree to peace with the Confederates. |