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54th Massachusetts

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all-black regiment led by white officers. First black regiment in combat.

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Robert Gould Shaw

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Commander of the 54th Massachusetts

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Freed slaves in the South

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Fredericksburg

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Robert E. Lee vs Ambrose Burnside. Confederate Victory (very one-sided). Burnside fired after. First Urban battle

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Marye’s Heights

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Turning point of Fredericksburg

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Ambrose Burnside

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Union General. Fired after Fredericksburg

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Chancellorsville

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Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson vs Joseph Hooker. Confederate victory. Jackson dies and Hooker is fired after.

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Joseph Hooker

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Union General. Nicknamed “Fighter Joe”

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Jubal Early

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Confederate General

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John Sedgwick

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Union General. Wounded 3 times at Antietam

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Gettysburg

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George Meade vs Robert E. Lee. Turning point of the war. Union Victory

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George Meade

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Union General

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Little Round Top

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Union Victory. Lawrence Chamberlain and Stong Vincent vs. Evander Law

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Pickett’s Charge

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Union Victory. Forced Confederates to retreat. A lot of Confederate casualties.

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Gettysburg Address

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President Lincoln’s speech at Gettysburg

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Vicksburg

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Ulysses Grant vs Joshua Pemberton. Union victory. Confederates surrendered. Union got control of Mississippi.

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Ulysses Grant

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Union General. Promoted after Vicksburg

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Andersonville

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Confederate prison camp in Georgia. Lead by Henry Wirz.

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Elmira

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Union prison camp in New York. Worst Union camp.

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Raiders

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group of bullies at Andersonville who would murder and steal

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“Bloody” Bill Anderson

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leader of Confederate group of raiders that killed Northeners.

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Bushwackers

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Pro Confederate

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Jayhawkers

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Pro Union

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William Quantrill

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Confederate. Quantrill’s Raiders/

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Lawrence Massacre

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Quantrill’s Raiders. Confederate victory. Retaliation for Jayhawk attacks.

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Causes of the New York City Draft Riots

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anti-war sentiment, fear of being replaced by freed slave, new draft law, blacks exempt from draft, $300 fee for exemption, Immigrants not happy, people tired of war

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Effects of the New York City Draft Riots.

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property damage, deadliest riot in US history, black people killed, black businesses destroyed or forced to relocate

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How did Stonewall Jackson die

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he was accidently shot by his own troops.

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Border War

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series of violence in Kansas. Quantrill’s Raiders (Quantrill and Bill Anderson), Jayhawks, and Bushwackers. Involved Kansas and Nebraska. Different than the rest of the war because it was only in Kansas. Included the Lawrence Massacre.

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Conditions of Civil War prisons

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disease, poor treatment by guards, cramped, poor sanitation, lack of food.

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African American troops

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increased number of Union troops, payed less than whites, segregated in hospitals, given worse equipment.

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Little Round Top commanders

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Chamberlain, Strong Vincent, Evander Law.

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Little Round Top importance

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Chamberlain’s famous charge, Union victory, Union didn’t get flanked

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Pickett’s Charge commanders

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George Meade and Robert E. Lee

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Pickett’s Charge importance

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high Confederate casualties including commanders, forced Confederates to retreat back to Virginia.

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Vicksburg commanders

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Ulysses Grant, John Pemberton.

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Vicksburg reason

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Union wanted to control the Mississippi river

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Vicksburg Importance

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Union got control over the Mississippi river and cut off Confederate supplies. They also started surrounding the Confederates going along with the Anaconda plan. Big Union victory

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Vicksburg date

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May 18 - July 4th 1863

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Vicksburg casualties

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5,000 Union, 32,000 Confederate

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Gettysburg commanders

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George Meade and Robert E. Lee

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Gettysburg reason

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Lee had just won another battle and wanted to give Virginia a rest from the fighting. He also wanted to use the Northern farms for his own army.

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Gettysburg importance

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Confederates suffered high commander casualties, Chamberlain led a famous charge, This Union victory combined with the fall of Vicksburg right after devastated the Confederacy, Deadliest battle of the whole war. Confederates retreated back to Virginia.

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Gettysburg Date

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July 1-3, 1863

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Gettysburg Casualties

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23,000 Union, 23,000-28,000 Confederate

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