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| Fort Sumter | One of only four Southern forts remaining on an island in Charleston harbor. |
| Bull Run | A little creek where the first bloodshed occured about three months after Fort Sumter fell. |
| Stonewall Jackson | A nickname for Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson who stood firm at Bull Run |
| Ulysses S. Grant | A brave and decisive military commander. |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederate general who saved the Confederate capital of Richmond |
| Antietam | Creek near the site of the bloodiest single-day battle in American history between armies of Lee and McClellan |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, freeing slaves in all areas in rebellion against the Union |
| Conscription | The drafting of citizens for military service |
| Income tax | A tax on individuals' earnings |
| Clara Barton | Dedicated Union nurse who cared for sick and wounded, often at the front lines of battle. |
