Blockade
The south had no navy this making them vulnerable to a blockade
Robert E Lee
Left US Army to become General of Confederate States
Anaconda Plan
Union would blockade southern parts, starving the South of supplies and income
Border States
States that allowed slavery but remained in the Union
Stonewall Jackson
General Thomas J Jackson's nickname after he sent the Union scrambling
George B. Mcllelan
Lead Battle of Bull Run
Ulysses S Grant
Captured Fort Henry and Donelson
Shiloh
1862 war battle where nearly 25,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were killed
Antietam
The South's first advancement into the North
Emancipation Proclamation
Changed the war's status to fighting for their nation to fighting for human freedom
54th Massachusetts Regiment
First infantry consisting of black soldiers in the North
Income Tax
Tax on all income, taxes raised as war went on
Homestead Act
Made western farmland available to those who could maintain it
Conscription
Another term for the draft, instituted to meet need for fresh troops
Copperheads
Peaceful democrats that opposed the war
Habeas Corpus
Protects a person from being thrown in jail for no reason
Clara Burton
Salvaged supplies to aid Union troops with permission of Union. Stayed a safe distance away from the fighting. Started the Red Cross
Siege
Military tactic in which an army surrounds, bombards, cuts off all supplies to an enemy position in order to force it to surrender
Siege of Wicksburg
On July 4, 1863, the Siege of Wicksburg was over. The confederacy was then split into two.
Battle of Gettysburg
Lasted for many days. It was the largest battle of the civil war lasting from July 1-3, 1863
General George Pickett
Worked with General Lee of the Confederates. Failure of Pickett's charge
Gettysburg Address
World famous speech given by Lincoln at the dedication of the National Cemetery of Gettysburg, PA
Total war
Striking civilian as well as military targets. Purpose was to weaken an enemy's army + economy that supports them + the overall will of the people to fight
General William Tecumseh Sherman
Implemented the Union's total-war strategy
13th Amendment
A constitutional amendment in 1865 that abolished slavery
Matthew Brady
Journalist that took pictures of the people and conditions of the civil war
The Land Grant College Act
Gave money from the sale of public lands to states for the establishment of universities that taught "agricultural and mechanical arts"
