Battles
Fought in July of 1863. Seen as the turning point of the war in the Norths favor
Gettysburg
Leader of the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg
Meade
happened at Ford's theater in 1865 shortly after the war
Lincolns Assassination
Weapon that had many barrels, a precursor to the machine gun
Gatling gun
Fought at Fort Wagner and gained acclaim around the Union
54th Massachusetts
Bloodiest single day of the war
Antietam
Failed leader of Union forces in the east. Ran for president in 1864
McClennan
Freed the slaves in southern states
Emancipation Proclamation
used to transport troops and materials, and moved on rails
Trains
General that freed Africans and kept them as confiscated contraband to support the war
General Butler
A march from Atlanta to the Atlantic coast. Destroying anything of use along the way
Sherman's march to the sea
Known as "Stonewall"
"Stonewall" Jackson
Forgein powers supporting the south
France and Britain
Moved by wires to transmit series' of dots and dashes
Telegraph
Freed advocate who pushed to make the war about formally slavery
Fredrick Douglas
Battle along the Cumberland river. The battle was a defeat for the Union who lost ironclads and gunboats
Fort Donaldson
Leader of all Confederate forces in the east
Robert E. Lee
Election of 1864
Lincoln ran for reelection against one of his former generals and won.
Ships shielded by iron and used mainly in rivers to attack forts and towns
Ironclads
Border states that were in the union but still had slaves until the war ended
Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri
Surprise attack on the Union in 1862 in southern Tennessee. Was the bloodiest battle until Antietam
Shiloh
Commander of the Union in the west and later in the east. Would later be president
Ulysses S. Grant
Four Score and Seven years ago
Gettysburg address
used to break large fortifications and gun positions
Heavy mortar
Holiday that celebrates release of all slaves
Juneteenth