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8 Cards in this Set
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War of Attrition
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Grant's strategy of fighting until the south ran out of men,supplies & will
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total war
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an army destroys its opponent's ability to fight by attacking civilian economic and military targets
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George Meade
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replaced Hooker during Gettysburg
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Union victory turned the tide against the Confederates over 40,000 soldiers died /wounded
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Pickett's Charge
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failed Confederate attack during the Battle of Gettysburgh
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Gettysburg Address
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speech given by Lincoln to dedicate a cemetary at the Gettysburg battlefield
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Sikade at Vicksburg
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Union army's blockade at Vicksburg led the city to surrender
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William Tecumseh Sherman
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Union commander of the Tennessee army
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