Union
Confederacy
Important People
Battles
NEED TO KNOW
100

Philip Bazaar

 an immigrant from Chile was a Union soldier. Earned the Medal of Honor for valor in combat

100

Jefferson Davis

President of the Confederacy, the Executive branch of the Confederate government 

100

Abraham Lincoln

 He was the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated at the end of the American Civil War

100

Richmond, Virgina 

In 1861, an army of 30,000 Union troops began marching towards Richmond but were defeated by 20,000 Confederate soldiers under the leadership of Stonewall Jackson.

100

In 1863

Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in the Confederacy

200

William Sherman

General in the Union Army, known for laying waste and setting fire to cities through his march through the South.

200

Robert E. Lee

Main general of Confederate forces during the American Civil War

200

Julia Ward Howe

wrote the Battle Hymn of the Republic, originally a tune set to the actions of John Brown, Lincoln openly wept when he listened to the song

200

Anaconda Plan 

Lincoln’s main strategy for winning the war was to surround the South and strangle it by blockading Southern ports and controlling Mississippi River. 

200

Gettysburg Address

Lincoln gave a speech after the battle which came to be called the Gettysburg Address; in it, he spoke about why the war was being fought 

300

Dorthea Lynde Dix

Started a nursing army corp to attend the Union Army and was the first woman to do so.

300

William Carney

an African American soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his bravery In the American Civil War. Earned the Medal of Honor by protecting the American flag during the Battle of Fort Wagner

300

Harriet Tubman

Former slave, who before and during the American Civil War smuggled slaves to freedom to the North.

300

Battle of Antietam

In 1862, Lee’s soldiers crossed into the North but were defeated

300

“Sherman’s March to the Sea”

Grant tasked General William T. Sherman with leading troops across Georgia to the coast, with explicit orders to destroy everything in their path.

400

What was the North known as 

The Union

400

“Stonewall” Jackson

was one of the best military leaders on the side of the Confederacy, earned his nickname by holding his ground like a wall of stone

400

John Wilkes Booth

shot and killed President Lincoln while he was attending a play

400

Battle of Gettysburg

Robert E. Lee made another attempt to invade the North, which resulted in heavy casualties over three days of fighting. Turning point #1 

400

U.S. president in 1864

With the North winning the war, Lincoln was easily reelected as U.S. president

500

Ulysses S. Grant

 The main general during the American Civil War for the Union eventually became the 18th president of the United States.

500

 Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia,

General Lee met and surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, officially ending the war

500

Andrew Johnson

Lincoln’s vice president, became the new president of the United States

500

2nd turning point 

General Grant achieved a significant victory when he captured Vicksburg, a strategically vital city situated along the Mississippi River. 

500

In early 1865,

the Confederate capital was captured, and half of Lee’s soldiers had deserted

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