| A | B |
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| Richmond | capital of the Confederacy and the constant object of Union forces. |
| Regiments | organized groups of men |
| Bull Run Creek | Where the first battle of the Civil War was fought in which the Confederacy defeated the Union |
| "Stonewall" Jackson | A Confederate General |
| Blockade | the use of warships to prevent other ships from entering or leaving a harbor |
| Gettysburg Address | A speech made by Lincoln to honor those who died in the Civil War. In it, Lincoln talked about the preservation of the Union, freedom for slaves, and the defense of democracy. |
| Sherman's March | A campaign led by Union General Sherman in which Southern farms were destroyed to keep food from Confederate Armies. |
| Chancellorsville Battle | Confederate General Robert E. Lee attacked Joseph Hooper's "Union of the Potomac." Stonewall Jackson was mortally wounded during this battle. |
| Fredericksburg Battle | Union General Burnside led troops to overtake Richmond. The Union troops were defeated by Confederate troops led by Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. |
| casualties | people who have been killed or wounded |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Announced freedom for slaves of the Confederacy as of January 1, 1863. |
| Peninsular and Wilderness Campaigns | Battles in which Richmond was threatened by the Union troops. |
| Petersburg | Town located on the Appomattox River where fighting took place at the end of the war between Union General Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate General Robert E. Lee. |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederate General who refused Licoln's request to command Union forces because of his loyalty to the South. |
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the Union who was later killed |
| Assassination | Murder of a political reason |
| John Wilkes Booth | An actor who shot and killed Abraham Lincoln |
| Appomattox | Place where Confederate General Lee surrendered his army to Union General Grant in 1865. He did not ask Jefferson Davis for approval to do this. |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Union General who received Lee's surrender at the Appomattox Court House. |
