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Copperhead Democrats
a faction of Democrats in the Union who opposed the American Civil War and wanted an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates. -
anaconda plan
military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott early in the American Civil War. -
contrabands
slaves who escaped to Union lines during the Civil War. -
Homestead act
enacted during the Civil War in 1862, provided that any adult citizen, or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land. -
Morrill Land Grant College Act
An Act donating Public Lands to the several States and Territories which may provide Colleges for the Benefit of Agriculture and the Mechanic Arts. -
militia act
was legislation enacted by the 37th United States Congress during the American Civil War that allowed African-Americans to participate as war laborers and soldiers for the first time since the Militia Act of 1792. -
battle of antietam
Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, was a battle of the American Civil War -
Emancipation proclamation
The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Battle of Vicksburg
was the final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. -
Battle of Gettysburg
in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. -
Election of 1864
The 1864 United States presidential election, the 20th quadrennial presidential election -
Sherman's march to the sea
a military campaign of the American Civil War conducted through Georgia -
Thirteenth amendment
The 13th amendment, which formally abolished slavery in the United States -
Appomattox court house
Virginia, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant
