Chapter 15 American Stories

History

Dorothea Dix

Led the civil war nursing effort

Civilians

People who are not in the military

Gunboats

Small, fast ships carrying mounted guns

Mortality

Death rate

Mary Edwards Walker

A civil war era doctor

William T. Sherman

Union general who led the march to the sea

J.E.B. Stuart

The leader of the confederate cavalry

Infantry

Foot soldiers

Cavalry

Soldiers on horseback

Ironclad ships

Wooden ships plated with thick metal

Mobilize

To organize or prepare

Pontoons

Hollow metal cylinders used to build floating bridges

Evacuate

To leave or withdraw

Robert Anderson

Union major who was in command at Fort Sumter

Robert E. Lee

Confederate general who led the army of the northern Virginia

Anaconda plan

Name given to union general Scott’s plan to defeat the confederates

Sally Tompkins

led an effort to promote nursing care in Richmond, Virginia using her own personal fortune

Clara Barton

Founder of the American red cross & a civil war era nurse

George B. McClellan

Union General who unsuccessfully attempted to capture Richmond, Virginia

Battle of Antietam

Fought in Maryland there were at least 25,000 casualties, this battle has been called “Americas bloodiest day”

Seven days battles

Led by confederate general Robert E. Lee. The confederates were able to defeat the unions attempt to capture the confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia

Stonewall Jackson

Confederate general whose men stood like a stonewall against union troops at the first battle of Bull run

Ulysses S. Grant

Union general led his troops to victory at the battle of Shiloh. Later became commander of all Union forces. Also, the 18th president of the United States

Battle of Shiloh

Two day battle in Shiloh, Tennessee. Union forces defeated the confederates. There were heavy casualties on both sides. Confederate general Albert Sidney Johnston was killed

Philanthropist

A person who seems to promote the Welfare of others, often through donating large seems of money

Border states

Maryland,Delaware,Missouri, & Kentucky. These states bordered the Union and the Confederacy

Trench Warface

Opposing armies dug lines in trenches. These trenches would be a place for soldiers to fire weapons & offer protection from incoming rounds of ammunition