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leader of the Union Troops
General Ulysses S. Grant
man who invented the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney
Capital of the Confederate States of America
Richmond
Argument between the North and South led to what war?
Civil War
Leader of the Confederate Troops
General Robert E. Lee
Union general who captured Atlanta, Georgia and marched through Georgia to the sea, burning and destroying everything on the way
General William T. Sherman
Battle which was the turning point of the War
Battle of Gettysburg
States that did not allow people to own slaves
Free States
President of the Union
Abraham Lincol
Wrote the Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln
The First battle of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
Confederate Troops are sometimes called?
Rebels
President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Shot and killed Abraham Lincoln.
John Wilkes Booth
City that was captured by the Union troops so the North could control the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
Union Troops are sometimes called?
Yankees
Man who became President after Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Who surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
The South, Robert E. Lee
Place where General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the end of the Civil War.
Appomattox Court House, Virginia
The document that freed the slaves.
Emancipation Proclamation