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Part 4: The Union and The Confederacy

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to keep the Union together.
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that the South needed a strong, centralized
government, which many of the states did not
agree with.
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Confederate army.
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and Davis was arrested for his leadership role in
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nickname by making sure his brigade stood "like
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Jackson was then made a general and took his army
into Maryland and Virginia, where he won several
battles before losing a battle in May 1862 and
retreating.
He Voined Lee in the Seven Days Battles and led the
Confederate army into the Battle of
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disease killed more than 100
prisoners per day in the
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