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CIVIL WAR VOCABULARY TERMS Fugitive Slave Act- 1850 law meant to help slaveholders recapture runaway slaves Frederick Douglass- former slave; abolitionist and journalist Underground Railroad- a series of escape routes used by slaves escaping from the South Harriet Tubman- conductor on the Underground Railroad John Brown’s Raid- attempt by John Brown to arm slaves and begin a slave revolt Confederacy- nation formed by Southern states Border States- slave states that chose to stay in the Union Ft. Sumter- Union fort in SC; first battle of Civil War Jefferson Davis- President of Confederacy Robert E. Lee- top Confederate general Ulysses S. Grant- top Union general 54th Massachusetts Volunteers- regiment of African-American soldiers that gained fame for its courage Emancipation Proclamation- document issued by Lincoln that declared that all slaves in Confederate held territory were free Battle of Gettysburg- battle in 1863 in PA when Union stopped a Confederate invasion of the North Pickett’s Charge- failed assault on Union positions on final day of Battle of Gettysburg Gettysburg Address- speech made by Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg Sherman’s March to the Sea- Union general Sherman’s destructive march across Georgia Appomattox Court House- town in Virginia where Lee surrendered to Grant John Wilkes Booth- Confederate supporter who assassinated Lincoln Thirteenth Amendment- Constitutional amendment that ended slavery