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Ch 22 Civil war

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168166293Jefferson DavisPresident of the Confederacy during the Civil War
168166294Bull RunThe first major land battle of the American Civil War. The Confederates won.
168166295AntietamBloodiest single day of fighting during the Civil War resulted in a draw and prompted Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
168166296Emancipation ProclamtionLincoln's order that slaves in Confederate states would be forever free. *Changes focus of the war from being about preserving the Union to ending slavery.
168166297DraftA law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military
168166298GettysburgThe most violent battle of the American Civil War and is frequently cited as the war's turning point, fought from July 1 - July 3, 1863.
168166299Gettysburg AddressSpeech given by Lincoln in November, 1863 to honor dead and reaffirm Declaration of Independence Ideals
168166300VicksburgGrant's best fought campaign, this siege ended in the seizure of the Mississippi River by the Union
168166301Robert E. LeeGeneral for the south, took large chances, was a great general, surrendered to Grant on 4/9/65
168166302The MonitorA tiny Union ironclad that fought the Merrimack
168166303Ulysses GrantUnion military commander who won victories when others had failed and defeated Lee.
168166304The MerrimacFirst iron-clad ship of the Southern navy. Fought to a tie,and changed the way they built ships.
168166305AppomattoxLee surrenders here, but Grant offers the Confederacy good surrender terms to try to reunify the country.
168166306William Tecumseh ShermanUnion General who destroyed South during "march to the sea" from Atlanta to Savannah, example of total war
168166307BlockadeThe shutting of a port to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
168469309Ft. SumterUnion fort attacked by confederates in 1861. started civil war.
168469310George McClellanUnion General who failed to press his advantage at the Battle of Antietam, and was later relieved of his command by President Lincoln.
169994008Anacanda PlanA three part strategy including that the Union army would blockade Southern ports, Union riverboats and armies would move down the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy into two.
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