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Union's "three-fold plan" to win the war: blockade South's ports, control Mississippi River, capture Richmond, VA
Anaconda Plan
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A person killed or wounded during a war
Casualty
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Confederate ships that sailed in and out of Southern ports during the attempts by the North to close them
Blockade runner
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Destroying anything useful to the opposition
Total war
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Union general, burned Atlanta and other cities. In his "March to the Sea" Sherman implemented total war in the South
William Tecumseh Sherman
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The small town in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War
Appomattox Court House
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A battle in Pennsylvania (1863). The defeat of Robert E. Lee's invading Confederate Army was a major victory for the Union. Took place over three days, Union was led by George Meade
Battle of Gettysburg
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Six week blockade of Vicksburg that starved the city into surrender, helped the Union take control of the entire Mississippi River
Siege of Vicksburg
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Commander of the Confederate forces during the Civil War
General Robert E. Lee
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