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  1. Ulysses S. Grant
    18th President of the United States
    On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army.
  2. Union Army
    the northern army during the American Civil War
    On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army.
  3. Confederate Army
    the southern army during the American Civil War
    On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army.
  4. military post
    military installation at which a body of troops is stationed
    On that day, Southern troops fired on Fort Sumter, a U.S. military post in Charleston, South Carolina.
  5. secede
    withdraw from an organization or polity
    In 1860 and 1861, the Southern States seceded from, or left, the United States.
  6. Ulysses
    (Roman mythology) Roman spelling for Odysseus
    On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army.
  7. Charleston
    state capital of West Virginia in the central part of the state on the Kanawha river
    On that day, Southern troops fired on Fort Sumter, a U.S. military post in Charleston, South Carolina.
  8. South Carolina
    a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies
    On that day, Southern troops fired on Fort Sumter, a U.S. military post in Charleston, South Carolina.
  9. Confederate
    of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
    On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army.
  10. Army
    the army of the United States of America
    On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army.
  11. civil war
    a war between factions in the same country
    The Civil War started on April 12, 1861.
  12. Carolina
    the area of the states of North Carolina and South Carolina
    On that day, Southern troops fired on Fort Sumter, a U.S. military post in Charleston, South Carolina.
  13. state
    the way something is with respect to its main attributes
    The differences between the Northern and Southern states had existed for many years.
  14. Union
    the United States
    On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. Lee of the Confederate Army surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant of the Union Army.
  15. civil
    of or occurring between or among citizens of the state
    The Civil War started on April 12, 1861.
  16. United States
    North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
    In 1860 and 1861, the Southern States seceded from, or left, the United States.
  17. military
    the armed forces of a nation
    On that day, Southern troops fired on Fort Sumter, a U.S. military post in Charleston, South Carolina.
  18. U.S.
    North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
    On that day, Southern troops fired on Fort Sumter, a U.S. military post in Charleston, South Carolina.
Created on Thu Jul 29 11:25:20 EDT 2010

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