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| the union states of the north and the confederate states of the south | ||
| Virginia, North Carolina, Tenessee and Arkansas *joined the confederacy | ||
| Washington D.C 100 miles away | ||
| capturing the confederate capitol | ||
| General Irvin McDowell | ||
| General P.G.T Beauregard | ||
| Beauregard strengthened his army around 11,000 confederate troops arrived by freight train *1st time in history | ||
| General Thomas Jackson aka Stonewall Jackson | ||
| first battle of Manassas | ||
| military term for those killed, wounded, captured or missing | ||
| 2,900 | ||
| fewer than 2,000 | ||
| winning the war wouldnt be so easy | ||
| much more prepared, movement of troops, supplies and food easier,twice as many factories so they were able to produce ammunition, guns and shoes quicker, more money *two thirds of the population, functioning goverment with a navy | ||
| majority of the nations trainer officers were southerners, did not need to move/defense, felt that they were fighting to preserve their way of life, wanted self goverment | ||
| ordered a naval blockade on seceding states so that they couldnt ship cotton to Europe or import the manufactured good they needed | ||
| General Winfield Scott, a hero of the Mexican War | ||
| gained control of the Missisippi river and cut the confederacy in two *Anaconda plan | ||
| prepare and wait | ||
| President Jefferson Davis | ||
| War of attrition | ||
| type of war which inflicts continuous losses on the enemy to wear down their strength | ||
| 75% | ||
| they stopped exporting cotton pressuring europe to help them become independent however this failed because european countries instead turned to India | ||
| hit a target from 500yds rather than older ones that could only from 100, the others could also be reloaded and fire faster than other muskets | ||
| devices that exploded in the air or when they hit something | ||
| special type of shell filled with bullets | ||
| General George McCellan | ||
| Arkansas. Louisiana,Mississippi and Tennessee | ||
| War in the West | ||
| General Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| Gen. Ulysses Grant | ||
| Nashville | ||
| Albert Sidney Johnston | ||
| General Don Carlos Buell | ||
| April 6, 1862 | ||
| Johnston surprised grants troops and pushed them back to Tenessee. However that night Buell's troops arrived and the next day Union attacked and defeat Johnstons army | ||
| The Battle of Shiloh casualties were 13,000 union and 11,000 confederates | ||
| David Farragut | ||
| Memphis tenessee | ||
| Vicksburg, Mississippi and Port Hudson, louisiana *if taken the confederancy would split into two parts | ||
| Merrimack later renamed Virginia | ||
| Moniter | ||
| did no damage to one another therefore were no longer needed | ||
| he was too cautious and never ready to fight 36 yrs old | ||
| Union | ||
| Robert E. Lee (had service from the mexican war) did not agree with southern cause but remained loyal | ||
| the seven days battle | ||
| General John Pope | ||
| the Union was defeate and McClellan was restored back in charge | ||
| would arouse European support | ||
| McClellan found Lee's orders | ||
| the Battle of Antietam 12,000 soldiers from each side were killed | ||
| required military service | ||
| to have 3 years of military service ages 18 to 35 after Antietam it lated went to 45 | ||
| one tenth of their produce | ||
| official acceptance | ||
| they allowed confederate privateers to be built in their ports | ||
| welcomed the idea of the confederacy becoming independent *france would never support without Britains cooperation | ||
| they didnt want to come to the aid of a slave owning nation, they also questioned whether confederacy could win the war | ||
| Union removed two confederate officers from a british ship: Slidell and Mason | ||
| Lincoln demanded a $19 million dollar compensation from Britain for damage done by privateers during the wars | ||
| Stephen Douglas | ||
| passed 1862 offered free goverment land to people willing to settle on it | ||
| the first federal tax on income in history | ||
| liquor, tobacco, medicine, and newspaper ads | ||
| greenbacks | ||
| copperheads *type of poisonous snake | ||
| Delware,Maryland, Missouri, and Kentucky *loyal to union but still ahd slaves | ||
| Ohio and Mississippi rivers | ||
| marital law which some Bill of rights guarantees are suspended | ||
| Writ of Babeas Corpus *constituition allowed it during a rebellion | ||
| that confederacy should be punished for causing so much suffering | ||
| Horace Greeley | ||
| Emancipation proclaimation | ||
| 1. Loss at the battle of Antietam 2. the emancipation proclaimation | ||
| General Benjamin Butler | ||
| when captured items become property of the enemy goverment | ||
| Sergeant William Carney | ||
| colonel Robert Gould Shaw | ||
| 4 years | ||
| Philip Armour | ||
| prison camps to which confederates were sent | ||
| Andersonville | ||
| Clara Burton | ||
| General Ambrose Burnside | ||
| December 13, 1862 | ||
| Burnsides poor decision to cross right in front of the confederate army. *relieved of his command | ||
| General "fighting joe" Hooker | ||
| General Jeb Stuart | ||
| May 1, 1863 | ||
| jacksons divided forces | ||
| Lee's greatest victory | ||
| Stonewall Jackson | ||
| when the confederates encountered a union unit | ||
| The Battle of Gettysburg 3 day battle | ||
| General George Meade | ||
| Cemetary Ridge | ||
| seminary ridge | ||
| General James Longstreet | ||
| Picketts charge named after George pickett one of the southern commanders | ||
| the battle of gettysburg | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ||
| General John Pemberton | ||
| champions hill | ||
| strategy in which the enemy is surrounded and starved to death to make them surrender | ||
| confederates surrender *turning point in civil war | ||
| gettysburg address | ||
| was determined by the unions success on the battlefield | ||
| General William Tecumseh Sherman | ||
| the battle of the wilderness | ||
| Battle of Spotsylvania | ||
| battle of cold harbor | ||
| siege of Petersburg to cut off food supply to Richmond *failed | ||
| Henrietta E. Lee | ||
| General James Hood | ||
| Atlanta | ||
| General George McClellan | ||
| wade davis bill which required stingent requirements for southerners re entering union | ||
| Union party | ||
| Hannibal Hamlin | ||
| thirteenth amendment | ||
| South Carolina | ||
| Columbia | ||
| soldiers who use surprise raids hit and run tactics | ||
| Wilmer McLean | ||
| Appomattox | ||
| Wilkes Booth |
