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| Fort Sumter | First battle of the Civil War, took place off the coast of South Carolina |
| Bull Run | Confederate win outside of Washington D.C. |
| Stonewall Jackson | Confederate General credited with win at Bull Run |
| George McClellan | Union army General appointed by Lincoln to head all forces |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Leader of the Union's western troops, eventual leader of all forces |
| Ironclads | A term used to describe boats with a cover of metal to protect it |
| Robert E. Lee | General of the Confederate Army who opposed secession |
| Antietam | The bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War that had over 26,000 casualties |
| Emancipation Proclamation | A statement that set free slaves of all states in rebellion |
| conscription | forced military service, the draft |
| Copperheads | Northern Democrats favoring peace with the south |
| habeas corpus | court order to determine reasons a prisoner should continue to be held |
| income tax | government's ability to take a specified amount of money from one's income |
| Andersonville | A confederate prison site at which 33,000 prisoners were held |
| Fort Pillow | A massacre at which over 200 African-Americans and other prisoners were killed |
| Gettysburg | Three-day battle that would be the last time the Confederates would attack on Union soil |
| National Bank Act | provided regulation and inspections of financial institutions |
| Appomattox | Where Lee surrendered to Grant ending the War |
| Thirteenth Amendment | The official end of slavery in the United States |
| Vicksburg | Battle that resulted in Union control of the Mississippi River |
