Key Personalities of the Civil War
Confederate General
Robert E. Lee
The first major land battle of the Civil War.
First Bull Run
Constitutional Amendment that ended slavery
13th amendment
Payment to men who volunteered for the army
Bounty
In 1863, the Union won this battle
Battle of Gettysburg
Union General
Union Victory that put the North ahead in the war.
Battle of Gettysburg
Legally freed all slaves in rebellious Confederate states
Emancipation Proclamation
Tax on earnings
Income tax
An infantry assault ordered by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee against Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's Union
Pickett's Charge
6th president of the United States and the first Republican elected to that office
Abraham Lincoln
A defeat for Confederate forces in southwestern Tennessee. The results of the battle was the failure of Confederate forces to prevent Union forces from advancing into Mississippi River Valley.
Battle of Shiloh
Most famous African-American regiment of the Civil War.
54th Massachusetts
New type of paper money
Greenback
The final major military action in the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War
Siege of Vicksburg
Woman who organized relief agencies to help soldiers/founder of the American Red Cross.
Clara Barton
A speech given by President Lincoln on November 19 1863 when visiting the dedication of a Cemetery in Pennsylvania in the aftermath of the Battle of Gettysburg.
Gettysburg Address
Northerner who opposed the war
Copperhead
In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln said that the country was based on the idea that "all men are created equal." He was echoing the words of
Location where Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
Appomattox Court House
A major African-American abolitionist, reformer, and writer.
Frederick Douglass
This battle fought on September 17 1862 in Maryland was the bloodiest battle ever fought in the history of the United States with a loss of 22,717.
Battle of Antietam
Law that forced men to fight in the war
Conscription
The ability for a person to pay a fee rather than be drafted into the army.
Commutation fee
A U.S. Civil War Union Army leader known for"Sherman's March," in which he and his troops laid waste to the South
William Tecumseh Sherman