Union
Philip Bazaar
an immigrant from Chile was a Union soldier. Earned the Medal of Honor for valor in combat
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederacy, the Executive branch of the Confederate government
Abraham Lincoln
He was the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated at the end of the American Civil War
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.
In 1863
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation which freed slaves in the Confederacy
William Sherman
General in the Union Army, known for laying waste and setting fire to cities through his march through the South.
Robert E. Lee
Main general of Confederate forces during the American Civil War
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
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.
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
Dorthea Lynde Dix
Started a nursing army corp to attend the Union Army and was the first woman to do so.
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
Harriet Tubman
Former slave, who before and during the American Civil War smuggled slaves to freedom to the North.
Battle of Antietam
In 1862, Lee’s soldiers crossed into the North but were defeated
“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.
What was the North known as
The Union
“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
John Wilkes Booth
shot and killed President Lincoln while he was attending a play
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
U.S. president in 1864
With the North winning the war, Lincoln was easily reelected as U.S. president
Ulysses S. Grant
The main general during the American Civil War for the Union eventually became the 18th president of the United States.
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia,
General Lee met and surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia, officially ending the war
Andrew Johnson
Lincoln’s vice president, became the new president of the United States
2nd turning point
General Grant achieved a significant victory when he captured Vicksburg, a strategically vital city situated along the Mississippi River.
In early 1865,
the Confederate capital was captured, and half of Lee’s soldiers had deserted