TERMS
Failed strategy used by the Confederate States of America during the early American Civil War (1861-1865) to win foreign support
Cotton Diplomacy
Union General - created strategy to blockade Southern ports with US navy
Winfield Scott
Union Army's six week siege of this city - eventually taking control of the Mississippi River
Siege of Vicksburg
Where an army destroys its opponents' ability to fight by targeting civilian and economic and military resources
Total War
First shots of the Civil War fired here
Fort Sumter
steam-propelled warship from the mid-to-late 19th century protected by iron or steel armor plates
Ironclad
Confederate General - earned nickname at the 1st Battle of Bull Run
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
Union Victory - July 1-3 - Bloodiest battle of the Civil War
The Battle of Gettysburg
Northern Democrats - Opposed Abolition and the war - Southern sympathisers
Copperheads
The states that never seceded
Border States
Freeing of slaves
Emancipation
Confederate General - Graduated from West Point - head general of the Confederate Army
Robert E. Lee
Tennessee Battle - Union gains control of the Mississippi River Valley
The Battle of Shiloh
1st African American Regiment
54th Massachusetts
Union General - Early on was in charge of the Army of the Potomac
George McClellan
Escaped slave who joined Union army in Civil War
Contraband
Union General - Bold/Restless - became head general of Union Army at the end of the war
Ulysses S. Grant
Series of battles in Virginia - Union Army had to retreat from Confederate capital Richmond
Seven Days Battle
Lincoln declares Southern Slaves free
Emancipation Proclamation
Battle - bloodiest single day in all of American history
Battle of Antietam
Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
Habeas Corpus
Union Admiral - In Charge of the Navy - Sailed up the Mississippi River
David Farragut
Series of battles in Northern and Central Virginia - delayed the capture of Richmond
Wilderness Campaign
Confederate charge at the Battle of Gettysburg
Pickett's Charge
Surrender of the Civil War
Appomattox Courthouse