Hollow metal cylinders used to build floating bridges
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Evacuate
To leave or withdraw
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Robert Anderson
Union major who was in command at Fort Sumter
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Robert E. Lee
Confederate general who led the army of the northern Virginia
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Anaconda plan
Name given to union general Scott’s plan to defeat the confederates
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Sally Tompkins
led an effort to promote nursing care in Richmond, Virginia using her own personal fortune
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Clara Barton
Founder of the American red cross & a civil war era nurse
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George B. McClellan
Union General who unsuccessfully attempted to capture Richmond, Virginia
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Battle of Antietam
Fought in Maryland there were at least 25,000 casualties, this battle has been called “Americas bloodiest day”
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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
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Stonewall Jackson
Confederate general whose men stood like a stonewall against union troops at the first battle of Bull run
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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
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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
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Philanthropist
A person who seems to promote the Welfare of others, often through donating large seems of money
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Border states
Maryland,Delaware,Missouri, & Kentucky. These states bordered the Union and the Confederacy
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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
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