Important Facts 1
The freeing of Slaves
Emancipation
Established a small hospital in Virginia that became major army hospital
Sally Louis Tompkins
Group of northern Democrats who spoke out against the Civil War
Copperheads
Union Naval leader from Tennessee who captured New Orleans
Who was David Farragut
What one thing that Lincoln did in 1863 that caused backlash from the northern people
Instituted a draft or forced military service
President of the US during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
Founded the American Red Cross
Clara Barton
Name given to escaped slaves during the Civil War
Contrabands
Confederate General who attempted to defend the city of Vicksburg from Union attack.
Genreal John C Pemberton
Name of the Confederate General who was a risk taker and made unpredictable moves to throw off his enemies
Who was Robert E Lee
The order to free the Confederate slaves
Emancipation Proclamation
unsuccessful attack made by the Confederacy on Union troops during the Battle of Gettysburg
Picketts Charge
Place the Confederacy surrendered to the Union army
Appomatox Court House in Virginia
How long did the Civil War last?
4 years
What city did the Union army lay siege to and after a six week battle finally capture
What was Vicksburg in the Siege of Vicksburg
African American military unit that led the charge on Fort Wagner in South Carolina
54th Massachusetts Infantry
Union General who led the Western campaign during the Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant
series of battles in which the Union gained greater control of the Mississippi
The Battle of Shiloh
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
What was one of the bloodiest battles of early parts of the war that gave the North a slight advantage
What was the Battle of Antietam
type of warfare in which civilian and economic resources are destroyed
total war
a constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
Habeas Corpus
Union General whose two-part strategy was to destroy the Souths economy and divide the South by gaining control of the Mississippi
General Winfield Scott
General who carried out the Union plan to destroy southern railroads and industries
General William Tecumseh Sherman
What was the one fear the Northern Democrats had about the Emancipation Proclamation
They rereads that free slaves would come north and take their jobs in the factories