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1. Writ of Habeas Corpus
President Abraham Lincoln suspended the writ of Habeas Corpus to ensure that dissidents were suppressed throughout the war.
2. Emancipation Proclamation
Issued by President Lincoln in 1863, this freed the enslaved people in the Southern states and made the Europeans stay away from helping the South as it would be tantamount to supporting slavery.
3. Second Inaugural Address
Abraham Lincoln expressed a reconciliatory tone in this speech and talked about how the South should be reconciled with the North.
4. Gettysburg Address
Here President Lincoln reinforced the reason for fighting the war and that the soldiers who had died would not die in vain.
5. Robert E. Lee
Led the Confederate soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia where he achieved notable victories against the North until General Meade defeated him at Gettysburg.
6. Thomas ''Stonewall'' Jackson
He proved his mantle and became the right-hand man of General Lee as a result of him performing admirably in the 1st Battle of Bull Run where he inflicted heavy defeats on the Union by holding his soldiers steady.
7. Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate States of America
8. Ulysses S. Grant
Rose through officer ranks through a string of victories to become the Commanding (and winning) General of all U.S. troops during Civil War. Eventually became President as well.
9. Fort Sumter
Even though the South had seceded, war had not broken out until the Confederates bombed a Union fort in South Carolina called Fort Sumter. This officially started the war.
10. William Tecumseh Sherman
His march to the sea from Atlanta to Savannah wrecked such heavy damage on the South that they lost morale to fight.
11. Battle of Atlanta
Atlanta, a center of Southern trade and commerce, was devastated in this battle.
12. Battle of Vicksburg
After a series of maneuvers and a siege, General Grant managed to capture Vicksburg. This gave the Union control of the Mississippi and split the Confederacy in two.
13. Battle of Gettysburg
General Meade defeated General Lee in this battle and it became a turning point in the war.
