Key Terms
A large bonus
What is bounty
Used by governments to communicate with their commanders
What is the telegraph
Union general known for being unnecessarily cautious
Who is Gen. George McClellan
What is the Battle of Manassas
Another name for conscription
What is draft
A requirement by the government to serve in the military
What is conscription
Showed the destruction of war
What is photography
Union General who had his dispatch book stolen
Who is Gen. John Pope
The nickname received by a Confederate general during the First Battle of Bull Run
What is "Stonewall Jackson"
Confederate capital
What is Richmond, VA
Name of the 1st Union ironclad warship
What is the Monitor
In an effort to gain control of the lower Mississippi, this admiral devised a plan which helped to capture New Orleans
This was the bloodiest one-day battle in American history.
What is the Battle of Antietam
Name of a Union strategy that called for a blockade of Southern ports and control of the Mississippi River
What is the Anaconda Plan
Long, narrow, fast ship that could dart into shallow inlets to hide
What is blockade runner
Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia
What was General Robert E. Lee
Name the 2 naval vessels involved in the 1st ironclad warship battle
What were the Monitor and the Virginia (Merrimack)
Known as the "angel of the battlefield"
Who is Clara Barton
The leadership of this general played a major role in the capture of the Mississippi River.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
This experimental Confederate underwater craft became 1st submarine to sink an enemy warship on February 17, 1864
What is the H. L. Hunley
Lee's cavalry commander during the 2nd Battle of Bull Run
Who was J.E.B. Stuart
What is the Union troop retreated to Washington
Last place in Mississippi to be captured before Grant could claim control of the Mississippi River
What is Vicksburg