Battle of Bull Run
This Confederate General was the top military general in all of the United States. He defeated the Union army in several battles in the east but would later surrender.
Robert E Lee
Soldiers who left their army were practicing this...
Desertion
Blankets
This social group celebrated the abolition of slavery in the rebellious states. Some of them didn't know about it however.
Blacks
Before this battle, General Lee's War plans were discovered. Lee would split his army in two, allowing the Union to win the battle at this creek.
Antietam
This Confederate General earned his nickname at the Battle of Bull Run for not allowing his regiment to fall.
This word means difficult.
Rigorous/arduos
Dysentery
This group argued that the Civil War was pointless if the slaves weren't freed.
This battle was the turning point of the war. If the Union won, the Confederates would run out of steam. If the Confederates won, they had a path to taking Washington DC and winning the war.
Battle of Gettysburg
This Union General was known for his aggression and given the name "the butcher."
Ulysses S. Grant
A term for large guns used on land.
Artillery
Union tents were referred to as.........
Dog tents
This social group believed that freed blacks could the Union in war.
Secretary of War/Union military in general
This was a battle and siege. General Grant was in-charge of taking over the Mississippi River. The siege forced residents to eat dogs and horses.
Vicksburg
This Union general was often slow to act and wouldn't attack, even if he had the advantage.
George McClellan
A term for soldiers marching on foot.
Infantry
Soldiers often did this in their free time. (3)
Sports, read, play cards, write, train, etc.
Many of these people supported the south, believed that it was not necessary and should end.
Copperheads
At this battle, the Confederates surrendered.
Appottamox Court House
This general fought in the war of Atlanta. He went scorched earth on the south and dug up railroads, ate the southerner's food, and destroyed communication lines.
Sherman
This word means to release from an obligation. Many soldiers weren't given this often because they were needed for the war.
Furlough
This gun is what most soldiers would have used during the war.
Muzzle-loading rifle-musket
This social group (political party) did not want the slaves freed because they feared they would lose their jobs.
Northern Democrats