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| 7850245584 | Battle of Antietam | Landmark battle in the Civil War that essentially ended in a draw but demonstrated the prowess of the Union army, forestalling foreign intervention and giving Lincoln the "victory" he needed to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. | 0 | |
| 7850245585 | Appomattox Courthouse | Site where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865 after almost a year of brutal fighting throughout Virginia in the "Wilderness Campaign". | 1 | |
| 7850245586 | Battle of Bull Run (Manassas Junction) | First major battle of the Civil War and a victory for the South, it dispelled Northern illusions of swift victory. | 2 | |
| 7850245587 | Congressional Committee on the Conduct of the War | Established by Congress during the Civil War to oversee military affairs. Largely under the control of Radical Republicans, the committee agitated for a more vigorous war effort and actively pressed Lincoln on the issue of emancipation. | 3 | |
| 7850245588 | Copperheads | Northern Democrats who obstructed the war effort attacking Abraham Lincoln, the draft and, after 1863, emancipation. | 4 | |
| 7850245590 | Battle of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson | Key victory for Union General Ulysses S. Grant, it secured the North's hold on Kentucky and paved the way for Grant's attacks deeper into Tennessee. | 5 | |
| 7850245592 | Gettysburg Address | Abraham Lincoln's often quoted speech, delivered at the dedication of the cemetery at battlefield. In the address, Lincoln framed the war as a means to uphold the values of liberty. | 6 | |
| 7850245596 | Reform Bill of 1867 | Granted suffrage to all male British citizens, dramatically expanding the electorate. The success of the American democratic experiment, reinforced by the Union victory in the Civil War, was used as one of the arguments in favor of the Bill. | 7 | |
| 7850245598 | Sherman's March | Union General William Tecumseh Sherman's destructive journey through Georgia. An early instance of "total war," purposely targeting infrastructure and civilian property to diminish morale and undercut the Confederate war effort. | 8 | |
| 7850245600 | The Man Without a Country | Edward Everett Hale's fictional account of a treasonous soldier's journeys in exile. The book was widely read in the North, inspiring greater devotion to the Union. | 9 | |
| 7850245601 | Thirteenth Amendment | Constitutional amendment prohibiting all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude. Former Confederate States were required to ratify the amendment prior to gaining reentry into the Union. | 10 | |
| 7850245602 | Union Party | A coalition party of pro-war Democrats and Republicans formed during the 1864 election to defeat anti-war Northern Democrats. | 11 | |
| 7850245604 | Wilderness Campaign | A series of brutal clashes between Ulysses S. Grant's and Robert E. Lee's armies in Virginia, leading up to Grant's capture of Richmond in April of 1865. | 12 |
