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nounUnited States general who was commander of all Union troops in the West; he captured Atlanta and led a destructive march to the sea that cut the Confederacy in two (1820-1891)
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nouna peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,036 feet high)
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nounAmerican Revolutionary leader and signer of the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation and the United States Constitution (1721-1793)
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- fly fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect
- atlanta a siege in which Federal troops under Sherman cut off the railroads supplying the city and then burned it; 1864
- atlanta state capital and largest city of Georgia; chief commercial center of the southeastern United States; was plundered and burned by Sherman's army during the American Civil War
- troll a fisherman's lure that is used in trolling
- jig a fisherman's lure with one or more hooks that is jerked up and down in the water
- spinner fisherman's lure; revolves when drawn through the water
- trawler a fisherman who use a trawl net
- sharpshooter a fast schooner once used by New England fisherman for illegal fishing in Canadian waters
- chattanooga in the American Civil War (1863) the Union armies of Hooker, Thomas, and Sherman under the command of Ulysses S. Grant won a decisive victory over the Confederate Army under Braxton Bragg
- angler a fisherman who uses a hook and line