Battles
This was the only battle fought in the North during the war
Gettysburg
The nickname for a Confederate soldier
Johnny Reb
His election in 1860 led Souther states to secede from the Union
Abey Linc
The leading cause of death in the civil war
Escaped slaves that came to the north were called this term
Contraband
This was the first "battle" of the war
Fort Sumter
The nickname for a Union solider
Yankee
The commander of the Confederate army - generally considered one of the best generals America ever produced
Robert E. Lee
In this type of warfare one side would "Hole up" in a town or city, and the other side would try to starve them out
Siege
This statement from Lincoln freed the slaves in Southern States
Emancipation Proclamtion
This Union "victory" was aided by the discovery of Robert E Lee's battle plans in some cigars
Antietam
The biggest strength of the Union / the biggest weakness of the Confederacy
Population / Industry
This southern general got his nickname for being immovable against Union attacks
"Stonewall" Jackson
If a soldier got a bullet wound in the arm or leg, this normally had to be done to prevent infection
Amputation
This was Abraham Lincoln's primary goal at the beginning of the war
Re-uniting the Union / Bringing southern states back into the nation
This Union siege gave the North control of the Mississippi River
Vicksburg
The biggest strength of the Confederate army / biggest weakness of the Union army in the beginning of the war
Military Leadership
This man was chosen to be president of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
These would fix onto the end of guns so that soldiers could try to stab or slash enemy soldiers
Bayonets
This amendment to the constitution legally outlawed slavery after the war
13th
In Georgia, William Tecumseh Sherman burned everything in sight on this offensive
The Confederacy was counting on help from these nations, which they never ended up getting
England and France
This union general helped turn the tide of the war with victories at Shiloh and Vicksburg
Ulysses "Sam" Grant
The total amount of people dead at the end of the war
600,000
The Killer Angels