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accomplice of John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. After guiding fellow conspirator Lewis Powell to the home of Secretary of State William H. Seward.
What is David Herold
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was a figure in the American Revolution, most noteworthy as the secretary to the United States Constitutional Convention.
What is William Jackson
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fought between April 12, 1861 and May 12–13, 1865 in 23 states
What is American Civil War
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born May 10, 1838, near Bel Air, Maryland.
What is John Wilkes Booth
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a conspirator, with John Wilkes Booth, in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. Assigned to assassinate Vice-President Andrew Johnson, he lost his nerve and did not make an attempt.
What is George Atzerodt
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was an enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician.
What is Robert Smalls
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On February 7, Brig. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside landed 7,500 men on the southwestern side of Roanoke Island in an amphibious operation launched from Fort Monroe.
What is Roanoke Island
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was the second youngest of ten children.
What is Booth
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became president as Abraham Lincoln's vice president at the time of Lincoln's assassination. A Democrat who ran with Lincoln on the National Union ticket, Johnson came to office as the Civil War concluded.
What is Andrew Johnson
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was a British explorer, naturalist and writer. He played an important role in the history of colonial North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia, publicizing his expeditions in a book,founding two settlements in North Carolina.
What is John Lawson
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With the fall of Fort Fisher to Maj. Gen. Alfred Terry’s and Rear Adm. David Porter’s combined operation on January 15, Wilmington’s days were numbered. About 6,600 Confederate troops under Maj. Gen. Robert Hoke held Fort Anderson and a line of works that prevented the Federals from advancing up the Cape Fear River.
What is Wilmington
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He was born on February 12th 1809, and died April 15th 1865 at the age of fifty six
What is Lincoln
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was an America n lawyer and politician who served as Secretary of War under the Lincoln Administration during most of the American Civil War.
What is Edwin Stanton
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an African-American abolitionist and women's rights activist.
What is Isabella Baumfree
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Following the victory at Wilson’s Creek, the Confederate Missouri State Guard, having consolidated forces in the northern and central part of the state, marched, under the command of Maj. Gen. Sterling Price, on Lexington.
What is Lexington I
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His party was Republican and he was president for four years from 1861-1865, when he was assassinated.
What is Abe Lincoln
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was an American boarding house owner who was convicted of taking part in the conspiracy to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln.
What is Mary Surratt
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born simply as "William," a slave in Norfolk, Virginia on February 29, 1840. He ended up escaping through the Underground Railroad, and found his father living in Massachusetts.
What is Sergeant William Carney
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Maj. Gen. Sterling Price’s march along the Missouri River was slow, providing the Yankees a chance to concentrate. Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans, commanding the Department of the Missouri, proposed a pincer movement to trap Price and his army, but he was unable to communicate with Maj. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, commander of the Department of Kansas, to formalize the plan.
What is Lexington II
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January 1, 1841 – October 15, 1915
What is Lucy Hale