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| Border States | In the Civil War, the states between the North and South: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. |
| Confederate States of America | Association of seven seceding Southern states, formed in 1861. |
| Casualty | Person killed, wounded or missing in battle. |
| Battle of Antietam | Civil War battle in 1862 in Maryland. First major union victory, bloodiest battle in US history. |
| Battle of Gettysburg | Civil War battle in 1863 in Pennsylvania, won by the Union and a turning point in the war. |
| Battle of Vicksburg | Civil War battle in 1863 in Mississippi, that allowed the Union to gain control of the Mississippi River. |
| Draft | Program of required military service. First time in US history that the country has forced military service. |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Presidential decree, effective January 1, 1863, that freed slaves in Confederate-held territory. Also allowed blacks to join the Union army. |
| Gettysburg Address | A famous speech by President Lincoln on the meaning of the Civil War, given in November 1863 at the dedication of a national cemetery on the site of the Battle of Gettysburg. |
| Secede | To withdraw formally from membership in a group or organization. South Carolina was the first to withdraw from the Union and ten other states followed. |
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the Union during the Civil War. Other famous contributions were the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address. |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. |
| Robert E. Lee | General of the Confederacy. |
| Ulysses S Grant | General of the Union. |
| Thirteenth Amendment | Constitutional amendment, ratified in 1865, that abolished slavery. |
