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Stonewall Jackson

Stonewall Jackson

Brave commander of the Confederate Army that led troops at Bull Run. He died in the confusion at the Battle of Chancellorsville.

Jeb Stuart

Confederate soldier known for his BOLD raids of seeking out information about enemy positions. Fought at the Battle of Bull Run or Manassas, Fredericksburg, and commanded the army at Chancellorsville

Robert E. Lee

Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force

George McClellan

A general for northern command of the Army of the Potomac in 1861; nicknamed "Tardy George" because of his failure to move troops to Richmond; lost battle vs. General Lee near the Chesapeake Bay; Lincoln fired him twice.

William Sherman

Union General who destroyed South during "march to the sea" from Atlanta to Savannah, example of total war

Winifield Scott

Union general who planned to block southern ports and take control of the Mississippi River

Jefferson Davis

President of the Confederate States of America

First Battle of Bull Run

First "real" battle of the Civil War, it was expected by Union officials to be short but ended up a Confederate victory

Chancellorsville

A major battle in the American Civil War (1863), the Confederates under Robert E. Lee defeated the Union forces under Joseph Hooker. General Jackson was killed by friendly fire.

Chattanooga Battle

Grant and the Union army show up in a defensive position, Union wins and TN is controlled by the Union, Grant gets put into control of all Union armies, Sherman takes over Union army in GA

Gettysburg Battle

Union leaders defeated General lee. A turning point battle during the Civil War

Vicksburg

Grant besieged the city from May 18 to July 4, 1863, until it surrendered, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union.

Antietam

A battle near a sluggish little creek, it proved to be the bloodiest single day battle in American History with over 26,000 lives lost in that single day.

Appomattox Court House

Famous as the site of the surrender of the Confederate Army under Robert E. Lee to Union commander Ulysses S. Grant

Merrimack and Monitor

Confederate and Union ironclads, respectively, whose successes against wooden ships signaled an end to wooden warships. They fought an historic, though inconsequential battle in 1862.

bounty

reward or payment

Conscription

A military draft

Why was the Civil War fought?

the South believed in secession if rights were infringed; the North held to preservation of the Union

what were the effects of the civil war on the nation

destruction to property, crops, industrys.

Anaconda Plan

Union war plan by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi R, and to take an army through heart of south

Election of 1864: candidates, parties

Lincoln ran against Democrat General McClellan. Lincoln won 212 electoral votes to 21, but the popular vote was much closer. (Lincoln had fired McClellan from his position in the war.)

Sherman's March to the Sea

during the civil war, a devastating total war military campaign, led by union general William Tecumseh Sherman, that involved marching 60,000 union troops through Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah and destroying everything along there way.

Total War

A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort