Battles
July 1-3 1863: in this battle, the Union won, and it was a turning point of the War that showed the union would win. This battle convinced European countries not to get involved
Battle of Gettysburg
most important general in charge of the confederate army- fought for confederacy for his home state of VA
Robert E. Lee
General in charge of the union, who defeated confederate general and accepted his surrender, ending the civil war
Ulysses S. Grant
Consisted of sixteen ounces of hard bread, twelve ounces of salt pork or twenty ounces of fresh meat; sugar, coffee, and salt.
Marching rations
Used as the main method of transportation during the civil war, in which the north controlled around 70% of it.
Railroads and Trains
July 1861:Union lost this battle, showing them that the war would be harder than they thought and that harder training was necessary
First Battle of Bull Run
Escaped slave from Maryland who lead slaves to freedom and was the conductor of Underground Railroad
Harriet Tubman
President of the confederacy
Jefferson Davis
the union navy did this to prevent European goods from being imported to the South
blockaded the Southern states
Union warship that was used for war which was armor plated with a thick iron hull. They were almost always indestructible against the weapons in the civil war
Ironclad
April 1862: Union won this battle and gained
a part of the Mississippi River and western Tennessee because of it
Battle of Shiloh
President of the Union who brought the end to slavery after his assassination
Abraham Lincoln
slave who lead rebellion in virginia in which slaves killed their masters
Nat Turner
The ways in which Women helped the war effort from home
They worked in factories, raised money, or managed businesses
The first form of long distance communication during the civil war, that could send coded messages from the battles to Lincoln in minutes. This was how the Union was able to win the war.
Telegraph and Morse Code
September 1862: Union won this battle, allowing Lincoln to make the Emancipation Proclamation
Battle of Antietam
Nurse who helped both sides of soldiers and started the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
general in the confederacy who was given the nickname stonewall for his stubborn courage
Thomas J. "stonewall" Jackson
Number of deaths caused by uncontrolled infectious diseases
440,000
The first war that had this, and was able to portray the bloodshed of the civil war through pictures.
Portable Cameras
April- May 1863: The Confederates won this battle.This was also the battle in which Stonewall Jackson was killed by his own troops
Battle of Chancellorsville
American social reformer who after escaping slavery in Maryland, became the national leader of the abolitionist movement and became famous for his antislavery writings
Frederick Douglass
Confederate Army commander during the American Civil War and the Ku Klux Klan’s first Grand Wizard. Strong figure for the racial history in the south, played a huge role in the massacre of hundreds of union soldiers.
Nathan Bedford Forrest
The social impact of the civil war on families
Families were split apart and displaced
a much wider ranged weapon than muskets developed during the civil war, main weapon
Rifles