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| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederate States of America / supported states' rights and slavery |
| Abraham Lincoln | had little military experience / President of the U.S. during the Civil War |
| Robert E. Lee | Commander-in-Chief of the Confederate Army / Lincoln offered him command of the Union but he refused / his surrender ended the war |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Commander-in-Chief of the Union Army / later became President of the U.S. |
| Fort Sumter, South Carolina | Confederates demanded the surrender of this Union fort in Charleston Harbor / 1st battle of the Civil War |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Lincoln declared all slaves in states still in rebellion to be free as of January 1, 1863 |
| Battle of Gettysburg | Lee invaded the North and was met by the Union army / after 3 days of fighting, Lee's army retreated / major turning point in the war |
| Siege of Vicksburg | Union forces took this Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River, splitting the Confederacy |
| Lee's Surrender | April 9, 1865 - Happened at Appomatox Courthouse |
| Lincoln's Assassination | John Wilkes Booth, an actor, assassinated the President a few days after Lee's surrender. |
| Gettysburg Address | Famous speech made by Lincoln to commemorate the battle of Gettysburg |
