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fort sumter | Confederacy fired on the US garrison of Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, opening the Civil War, which redefined American freedom. |
Robert E Lee | American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War |
Anaconda Plan | Union military plan in civil war, strangulation of the South by Union land and naval forces. |
Emancipation Proclamation | proclamation issued by President Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing the slaves in those territories still in rebellion against the Union. |
draft law | wartime draft called for registration of all males between the ages of 20 and 45, including aliens with the intention of becoming citizens |
habeas corpus | an arrested person be brought before a judge or court before being detained or imprisoned. |
inflation | substantial rise in the general level of prices related to an increase in the volume of money and resulting in the loss of value of currency |
Ulysses S. Grant | 18th president of the U.S. 1869–77: Union general in the Civil War. |
Battle of Gettysburg | a crushing Southern defeat. It is generally regarded as the turning point of the war |
Gettysburg address | Lincoln's speech at the soldier cemetery stating all men are created free and equal |
William T Sherman | Union general during the Civil War, playing a crucial role in the victory over the Confederate States and becoming one of the most famous military leaders in U.S. history |
total war | war unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursued, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded |
13th amendment | Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. |
freedmen | a man who has been freed from slavery |