Battle of Civil War
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8 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Gettysburg | Lee tried to invade the North and was defeated during Pickett's charge losing the battle of control of the high ground. Turning point of the war |
| Fort Sumter | Union soldiers were bombarded for 34 hours until they surrendered. Marked beginning of Civil War |
| Robert E Lee | leader of the Confederate army |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Lincoln abolished slavery in the Confederate States after the Battle of Antietam |
| Ulysses S. Grant | leader of the Union Army |
| Battle of Bull Run | first major battle of the war; North was winning, then the South had reinforcements come by train |
| Vicksburg | Mississippi city that was surrounded by Grant and gave the Union control of the Mississippi River |
| Appomattox Courthouse | Lee surrendered to Grant |
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