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Just as Governor Moore had taken control of federal facilities in
Louisiana,

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Conscription Act: an act to set up a draft, or an compulsory enlistment for military service.

General Order No. 28: passed by General Butler, ordering woman to cease insulting and showing contempt for Union officers and soldiers lest they want to be punished.

Confiscation Act: allowed the Union army to confiscate the property of those who continued to support the Confederacy.

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secession: the withdrawal of a state from the union

emancipation: the freeing of slaves

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1. David Wilmot: He made the Wilmot Proviso, a legislation that would prohibit slavery in any new territory gained as a result of the war, but this was blocked by the senate

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The Battle of Shiloh: A battle that took place in Tennessee on April 6 and 7, 1862. Casualties included 1 in 5 men, more than 23,000 in all were killed, wounded, captured, or missing.

The Siege of Port Hudson: A siege that lasted 47 days, the longest in Civil War history.

The Vicksburg Campaign: A series of battles that occurred around Vicksburg. Ended with Confederate forces in Vicksburg surrendering on July 4, 1863.

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He was in charge of moving the State Government to a different location.

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During the spring of 1864,Union General Nathaniel banks led a campaign

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Set a boundary between free and slave states

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Major Chatham Roberdeau Wheat
organized one of the volunteer units most
closely identified with Louisiana.

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CSA forces in South Carolina demanded that U.S. forces should withdraw from Fort Sumter.

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CSA forces in South Carolina demanded that U.S. forces should withdraw from Fort Sumter.

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dealt specifically with new

territories in the Southwest.

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He had to create a confederate command in Western Louisiana.

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2. Harriet Beecher Stowe: She created a book that reveals the harshness of slave owners and how they treated the slaves. This created a lot of tension between slave owners and people who were antislavery. This book caused many people to join the antislavery movement.

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designed to ensure southern slaveholders that they could reclaim slaves who escaped to free states.

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In 1860, theStones moved to a cotton plantation near the Mis-sissippi River in East Carroll Parish. With more than1,000 acres and 150 slaves, the family’s future seemed secure.

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In 1860, theStones moved to a cotton plantation near the Mis-sissippi River in East Carroll Parish. With more than1,000 acres and 150 slaves, the family’s future seemed secure.

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General butler takes control of new Orleans and its people to get them under control.

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He was put in charge of the command force.

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1861, after Louisiana’s secession from the United States in January
and the beginning of the Civil War in April, the lives of everyone on the
Stone plantation changed.

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Allen took charge of Confederate Louisiana, after Moore's term ended. He also fought in the battle to protect Baton Rouge. Allen also established

a group of state stores where citizens could buy supplies at fair prices.

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emphasizes the rights of individual states over the rights of the federal

government

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Four new states seceded and joined the CSA.

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Four new states seceded and joined the CSA.

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Pierre Gustav Tout-ant
(P. G. T.) Beauregard had been
placed in charge of Confederate
troops in the city.

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in 1862. With them came a justified fear that their slaves would abandon the plantation for the freedom they believed the Union army would provide.

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in 1862. With them came a justified fear that their slaves would abandon the plantation for the freedom they believed the Union army would provide.

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3. Abraham Lincoln: He created the Emancipation Proclamation. He was running to be president in 1860. Many people didn't want him to win, because he was a republican. Republicans believed that slavery was to be kept in the already established slave states. The slave owners wanted to expand it to all over the country. The republicans were a part of the anti expatiation movement. Lincoln became president in the November of 1860.

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1820 set a boundary between slave and free states, along the southern border

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Thousands of Louisiana volunteers organized within standing militia units or they just created new ones.

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Thousands of Louisiana volunteers organized within standing militia units or they just created new ones.

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He led a campaign in which he hoped to take possession of Shreveport. By doing so,

he could put the entire state of Louisiana in Union hands.

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In an attempt to limit her losses, Amanda Stone sent 120 of her slaves
to Texas in 1863.

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Wounded soldiers and the bodies of those killed arrived in Louisiana, bringing the war back home.

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Wounded soldiers and the bodies of those killed arrived in Louisiana, bringing the war back home.

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brothers. She founded the Madison Parish chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and remained active until her death in 1907.

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brothers. She founded the Madison Parish chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, and remained active until her death in 1907.

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Reelected president in November 1864. He created the Emancipation Proclamation

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wilmot proviso                                                  

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compromise of 1850

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Three new states joined the Union during the Civil War: Kansas in
1861, West Virginia in 1863, and Nevada in 1864.

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In the 1860s, tailor Ebenezer Butterick invented the first paperdress patterns sold in the United States.

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In the 1860s, tailor Ebenezer Butterick invented the first paperdress patterns sold in the United States.

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New Orlean's residents witnessed the sight of Union gunboats anchoring across from Jackson Square. To make matters worse, fires had been, set by soldiers, to cotton bales and other goods. 

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New Orlean's residents witnessed the sight of Union gunboats anchoring across from Jackson Square. To make matters worse, fires had been, set by soldiers, to cotton bales and other goods. 

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4.Governor Thomas Overton

Moore: He was the Governor of Louisiana. He made the choice after a long time to secede from the Union.

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5. Benjamin Palmer: He gave a sermon in New Orleans called “The South: Her Peril and Her Duty.” Palmer made the argument that southerners had a God-ordained duty to protect their slaves and to defend slavery. His sermon, which was printed and distributed throughout the region, became widely influential among those who were considering secession. He was a Presbyterian minister and he gave this sermon on Thanksgiving day in November of 1860.

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Farragut turned the city over to Butler.

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Farragut turned the city over to Butler.

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Confederate-loyal women expressed their displeasure by wearing small Confederate flags and ribbons, and crossing the street or leaving a streetcar to avoid contact with Union soldier.

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Confederate-loyal women expressed their displeasure by wearing small Confederate flags and ribbons, and crossing the street or leaving a streetcar to avoid contact with Union soldier.

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He surrendered to the Union. It took two additional months for

all the Confederate capitals to surrender.

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Butler demanded teachers take a loyalty oath to keep their jobs.

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Butler demanded teachers take a loyalty oath to keep their jobs.

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Adding to the uncertainty, five

days after the Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House, President Lincoln was assassinated by an actor and Confederate sympathizer

named John Wilkes Booth.

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Now Farragut and other naval officers turned their sights upriver,where the Union goal was to take control of the river at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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Now Farragut and other naval officers turned their sights upriver,where the Union goal was to take control of the river at Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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Union forces had taken control of much of southeastern Louisiana.

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Union forces had taken control of much of southeastern Louisiana.

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By the end of April, Union forces controlled most of southwestern Louisiana.

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By the end of April, Union forces controlled most of southwestern Louisiana.

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Banks led an overland campaign to take control of Port Hudson, about thirty miles north of Baton Rouge.

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Banks led an overland campaign to take control of Port Hudson, about thirty miles north of Baton Rouge.

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Ultimately, events upriver at Vicksburg, Mississippi led to a Confederate surrender.

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Ultimately, events upriver at Vicksburg, Mississippi led to a Confederate surrender.