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War [r]: A state of violent conflict which exists between two or more independent nations or groups, each seeking to impose its will on the others. ^[e]
History of the United States of America [r]: The history of the United States of America from the colonial era to the present. ^[e]
United States of America [r]: a large nation in middle North America with a republic of fifty semi-independent states, a nation since 1776. ^[e]
Confederate States of America [r]: Government formed by eleven southern states of the United States between 1861 and 1865, during the American Civil War. ^[e]

Abraham Lincoln [r]: (1809-65) Sixteenth U.S. President (from 1861 to 1865) who prosecuted the American Civil War to reclaim 11 seceding states and abolish slavery; assassinated in 1865 near the beginning of his second term. Considered the greatest of all American presidents. ^[e]
Jefferson Davis [r]: (1808-1889) Democratic Senator from Mississippi, Secretary of War, and president of the Confederate States of America. ^[e]
Slavery [r]: A social system in which people have legal rights of property ownership over others. ^[e]
U.S. slavery era [r]: The history of black slavery in the United States. ^[e]

U.S. Civil War, Origins [r]: The U.S. Civil War emerged from the expansion of slavery in the U.S. and its implication in all aspects of U.S. society, economy, and politics. ^[e]
Missouri Compromise [r]: A U.S. law, passed in 1820 and in effect until 1854 (when the Kansas Nebraska Act overrode it), that balanced desires of northern states to prevent expansion of slavery in the U.S. with those of southern states to expand slavery. ^[e]
Compromise of 1850 [r]: In U.S. history a series of laws intending to resolve pro-slavery/anti-slavery issues but yielded only greater conflict leading, eventually, to the American Civil War. ^[e]
Kansas Nebraska Act [r]: a U.S. Congressional Act of 1854 creating the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, and allowing the settlers to decide whether or not to allow slavery. ^[e]
John Brown [r]: (1800-59) American abolitionist who led a raid on the U.S. federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry and was hanged for his efforts, becoming a martyr in the antislavery fight as a result. ^[e]

First Battle of Bull Run [r]: Add brief definition or description
Second Battle of Bull Run [r]: Add brief definition or description
Battle of Hampton Roads [r]: Fought in March 1862 during the American Civil War, the first combat between steam-powered armored warships, CSS Virginia and USS Monitor ^[e]
Battle of Gettysburg [r]: A turning point in the American Civil War, July 1-3, 1863, on the outskirts of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. ^[e]
Battle of Shiloh [r]: Add brief definition or description
Battle of Chickamauga [r]: Add brief definition or description
Vicksburg Campaign [r]: The major action in the western theater of the American Civil War, taking place in 1862-1863 ^[e]
Siege of Petersburg [r]: A series of military operations, from mid-June, 1864 to April 1, 1865, in the area around Richmond, Virginia and Petersburg, Virginia; more a positional or trench campaign than a classic siege of an urban area; ^[e]

Ulysses S. Grant [r]: (1822-1885) American general and 18th president of the United States (1869-1877). ^[e]
Robert E. Lee [r]: (1807-1870) American soldier who became the outstanding general of the Confederate army in the American Civil War and a postwar icon of the South's "lost cause." ^[e]
William Tecumseh Sherman [r]: Add brief definition or description