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• 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]
• American Civil War [r]: {1861-65) war by the U.S. to prevent 11 of its states (the Confederate States of America) from seceding; won by the U.S. after the death of 600,000 people and the abolishment of slavery. ^[e]
• Antoine-Henri Jomini [r]: (1779-1869), A Swiss soldier and leading military theorist, whose classical ideas influenced all military strategists and military historians of the 19th and 20th century. ^[e]
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• Battle of Gettysburg [r]: A turning point in the American Civil War, July 1-3, 1863, on the outskirts of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. ^[e]
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• Gettysburg Campaign [r]: The Gettysburg Campaign was a decisive defeat for the Confederacy in the American Civil War in June-July 1863; Gen. Robert E. Lee was the loser, Gen. George Meade of the Union Army the winner. ^[e]
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• 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]
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• U.S. Department of Defense [r]: one of more than a dozen U.S. executive-managed government agencies; this one administers the military forces of the United States, and their supporting civil servants. ^[e]
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