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wife of influential confederate James Chesnut, she witnessed most important acts involving the confederacy including the drafting of the constitution and the attack on Ft. Sumter and recorded them in a comprehensive diary.

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, General, Confederate Army. Commanded the troops that fired on Ft. Sumter and conducted the final defense of Charleston.

General, Union Army. Operated in the western theatre of the war, eventually rising to command all forces west of the Appalachians. He became famous for his march to the sea campaign that waged total war through the heart of the confederacy including South Carolina to destroy their will to resist.

mental and emotional attitudes of an individual or group.

People wounded or killed through direct or indirect action in a war

mandatory military service (draft)

Document signed by Lincoln that declared that as of January 1, 1863, all slaves in the rebellious states "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free."

term during the Civil War for free African Americans

Slave ship pilot that stole a confederate ship turned it over to Union authorites and went on to serve in the union navy for the remainder of the war

operation of a maurauding force to collect supplies from local sources usually causing food shortages among that population

increased prices for goods and services combined with the reduced value of money

American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)

General for the Union during the Civil War

if you had 20 or more slaves you didn't have to fight

During the war, they were forced to flee their homes. After the war, they returned to ruins, and they lost the fortunes that had been tied up in slave property.