Period 5 chapter 14

Abraham Lincoln

President of the United States during the Civil War who led the Union and issued the Emancipation Proclamation

Antietam

Bloodiest single-day battle of the Civil War that gave Lincoln the chance to issue the Emancipation Proclamation

Appomattox Court House

Site where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant

Bull Run

First major battle of the Civil War that showed the conflict would be long and deadly

Clara Barton

Nurse who cared for wounded soldiers and later founded the American Red Cross

Emancipation Proclamation

Executive order freeing enslaved people in Confederate states and redefining the war as a fight against slavery

Fort Sumter

Site of the first shots of the Civil War when Confederate forces attacked a U.S. fort

Gettysburg

Major Union victory considered the turning point of the Civil War

Gettysburg Address

Lincoln’s speech honoring fallen soldiers and redefining the war around equality and democracy

Jefferson Davis

President of the Confederate States of America

March to the Sea

Sherman’s military campaign that destroyed Southern infrastructure to weaken Confederate morale

Robert E. Lee

Leading general of the Confederate army

Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson

Skilled Confederate general known for strong battlefield defense

Ulysses S. Grant

Union general who led total war strategies and later became president