Gettysburg
It was the bloodiest battle of the civil war. (Most total deaths and injuries)
The Commander of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
The location that the Confederates officially surrendered to the Union, ending the Civil War.
Appomattox Courthouse
What is Reconstructon?
The process of readmitting formerly Confederate states back into the Union.
He assassinated Abe Lincoln
John Wilkes-Booth
What happened on Day 1 of the Battle?
Union soldiers camped at Cemetery Ridge, and Confederate soldiers camped at Seminary Ridge.
The Commander of the Union Army
Ulysses S. Grant
The outpost here is attacked, officially beginning the Civil War.
Fort Sumter
Laws (passed by Southern states) that greatly limited the freedoms of African-Americans.
- African-Americans could not own property or guns
- African-Americans had to prove they were employed or could be arrested
Black Codes
Sherman practiced this term when he destroyed Southern infrastructure
Total War
What happened on Day 2 of the Battle?
Union and Confederates battled for control of Little Round Top.
President of the Union during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
The bloodiest single day battle during the civil war.
The Battle of Anteitam
What did the 14th Amendment do?
Guaranteed all people born in the US (except for Native Americans) were citizens.
Banned former Confederate officials from holding office
Guaranteed citizens equal protection of the law
A platoon of mostly free African-Americans who led a heroic charge on Fort Wagner, SC. The most celebrated African-American regiment in the war.
54th Massachusetts Infantry
What happened on Day 3?
Lee orders his general to lead Pickett's Charge. It fails, and Lee retreats. Union WIN Battle of Gettysburg.
President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
Jefferson Davis
A series of battles designed to capture the Confederate capitol of Richmond, Virginia.
The Wilderness Campaign
This amendment ended slavery. (Made it illegal)
The 13th Amendment
The freeing of enslaved people
Emancipation
Lincoln's famous speech he gave at the battlefield, months later.
The Gettysburg Address
Brilliant general for the Confederates. Got his nickname from the Battle of Bull Run/Manassas.
General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
William Tecumseh's campaign down the Appalachian mountains and across the South was called what?
March to the Sea
This ended Reconstruction.
The Compromise of 1877.
Slave states that did not join the Confederacy
Border States
(KY, MO, DE, MD)