Civil War Vocabulary

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  1. American Civil War
    civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865
    The American Civil War (1861–1865), also known as the War Between the States as well as several other names, was a civil war in the United States of America.
  2. Battle of Gettysburg
    a battle of the American Civil War
    Confederate commander Robert E. Lee won battles in the east, but in 1863 his northward advance was turned back with heavy casualties after the Battle of Gettysburg.
  3. secession
    formal separation from an alliance or federation
    Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America, also known as "the Confederacy".
  4. Ulysses S. Grant
    18th President of the United States
    Long-term Union advantages in men and material were realized in 1864 when Ulysses S. Grant fought battles of attrition against Lee, while Union general William Tecumseh Sherman captured Atlanta, Georgia, and marched to the sea.
  5. Confederate
    of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
    Eleven Southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America, also known as "the Confederacy".
  6. Abraham Lincoln
    16th President of the United States
    In the presidential election of 1860, the Republican Party, led by Abraham Lincoln, had campaigned against the expansion of slavery beyond the states in which it already existed.
  7. intervene
    be placed or located between other things
    In September 1862, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation made ending slavery in the South a war goal,[1] and dissuaded the British from intervening.[2]
Created on Wed Jun 16 14:29:02 EDT 2010

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