Battle Royale
Confederate forces prevented a resupply ship from arriving at this Union-held fort deep in South, often seen as the first battle of the war.
Fort Sumter
The first commanding general of the Union, who retired because of his age and physical decline
Winfield Scott
Lincoln’s famous 1863 speech dedicating a battlefield cemetery.
Gettysburg Address
The name of the strategy to blockade Southern Ports by sea and to slow surround the South.
The Anaconda Plan
Lincoln’s 1860 election victory prompted the first Southern states to do this.
Seceed
This September 1862 battle in Maryland was the single bloodiest day in American history.
Battle of Antietam
Union general who won the Battle of Shiloh but was later criticized for heavy losses.
U.S. Grant
The document Lincoln issued after Antietam that freed slaves in Confederate states.
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Union’s vast network of these helped move troops and supplies far more efficiently than the South.
Railroads
Southern economic dependence on this single cash crop hurt them during the war.
Cotton
This December 1864–January 1865 campaign by William T. Sherman captured Atlanta and then marched to the sea.
Sherman's March to the Sea
Union general known for his brutal but effective total war tactics in Georgia and the Carolinas.
William T. Sherman
The Confederate capital that Jefferson Davis presided over.
Richmond, VA
The dual goal for the Union in the Civil War
Preserving the Union and ending slavery
This controversial law prevented men who enslaved a certain number of people from fighting in the war.
The Union victory at this April 1865 battle led directly to Lee’s retreat and surrender.
Siege/Battle of Petersburg
This "relieved" Union general ran against Lincoln in the Election of 1864
George McClellan
Jefferson Davis’s former position before becoming Confederate president.
Senator from Mississippi; Secretary of War
Women in the North contributed heavily through organizations like this one run by Clara Barton.
The American Red Cross
These protests broke out across the South late in the war because of a lack of food.
Bread Riots/Bacon Riots
U.S. Grant was caught off-guard by a Confederate sneak attack at this battle, yet the Union was victorious.
The Battle of Shiloh
This generals home/plantation became the site of the United States national cemetery
The amendment Lincoln supported that banned slavery nationwide.
the 13th Amendment
The Union used this new communication technology extensively to coordinate armies across long distances.
Telegraph
What was the last state to enforce emancipation of enslaved people?
Texas