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These states still had slaves but were part of the Union.
What are border states?
After a 3 day victory at this battle in southcentral Pennsylvania, President Lincoln gave this speech.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Confederate General who ended the war when he surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
The first battle of the Civil War, Confederate troops attacked this location in South Carolina.
What is Fort Sumter?
Pennsylvania
What is a Union State
The freeing of slaves
What is emancipation?
The capital of the Confederacy.
What is Richmond, Virginia?
He was the President of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
The bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War, took place near Sharpsburg, MD
What is the Battle of Antietam?
Georgia
What is Confederate?
The largest city in the Confederacy.
What is New Orleans?
Naval warships made with iron as opposed to traditional wooden ships
What are ironclads?
Confederate general who died of friendly fire and pneumonia
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
A battle early in the Civil War, this showed the Union the war would not end quickly.
What is Bull Run?
Ohio
What is a Union State?
The name of the march of 15,000 Confederate soldiers towards Cemetery Ridge on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
What is Pickett's Charge?
The location where General Lee surrendered to General Grant
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
He led the Union armies from Savannah to Atlanta Georgia, destroying everything he could along the way.
Who is William Sherman?
The Union won this battle by surrounding the city and cutting off supplies to soldiers.
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
Mississippi
What is Confederate?
Escaped slaves who joined the US army
Who are contrabands?
Midwesterners who supported, but did not fight with, the South and simply wanted to see the war end
Who are Copperheads?
Tended to soldiers on the battlefield, she volunteered to help doctors during the Civil War.
Who is Clara Barton?
These 2 battles ended on consecutive days and were turning points in favor of the Union.
What are Vicksburg and Gettysburg?
Delaware
What is a Union border state?