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| Clement L. Vallandigham | A candidate for presidency in 1864, was quickly defeated however. |
| Andrew Johnson | Running mate with Lincoln during 1864. |
| John Wilkes Booth | Shot Lincoln. |
| Robert E. Lee | Major general for the confederates side. Drove back the peninsula attack of the union, won many battles against the union, very gifted military leader. |
| Thomas J. Jackson | Also known as Stonewall Jackson-- was a great military leader, and between him and Lee they were the most dangerous weapon the South had. |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Was the Union's answer to a general, his boldness, resourcefulness, and doggedness made him show as a good general. |
| George B. McClellan | Given command of the Union Army of the Potomac, which was the major union force. Also called young napoleon, superb organizer, and drillmaster. Overly cautious. Lost the peninsula campaign. |
| William T. Sherman | Cuta sixty-mile swath of destruction through Georgia, and absolutely destroyed Alabama. |
| George B. Meade | Replaced hooker as grand general of union troops, led the Battle of Gettysburg. |
| Salmon P. Chase | Linoln's secreatary of state who tried to remove him from office. |
| Doctrine of ultimate destination | Stated that ships seized that were carrying war supplies were obviously destined for the south. |
| Merrimack | Southern ship that was re-outfitted with railroad ties along its sides, easily one two battles with union ships until the monitor arrived in which there was a four hour battle resulting in a tie. |
| Monitor | The Union's iron-clad, also called the cheese box on a raft. |
| Virginia | The Merrimack was renamed this when it was re-outfitted. |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Freed all the blacks in the rebelling states forever, however it did not do much good because the confederate states were still in succession, and the ones in the border states that were loyal did not have to give up their slaves. |
| Thirteenth Amendment | Gave all blacks their citizenship in the US |
| Copperheads | The soldiers under the command of George McClellan |
| Union Party | What the Republican party called itself in the election of 1864. |
| First Battle of Bull Run | First battle of the war. The Union was so confident in winning people actually had picnics near it. Union was defeated when confederate reinforcements unexpectedly arrived. |
| Battle of Antietam | September 17, 1862. One of the bloodiest battles of the war, one of the first victories for the Union. |
