Civil War Battles and Terms

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  1. 3. the nickname attached to Lieutenant General Winfield Scott's comprehensive plan to defeat the Confederacy at the start of the American Civil War
  2. 4. was a crucial victory for the Union during the Civil War, The Battle of Shiloh ended with a United States (Union) victory over Confederate forces in Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee.
  3. 5. the site of the last surrender of a major Confederate army in the American Civil War
  4. 7. was a great victory for the Union. It gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union.
  5. 8. The Battle of _________ was the first battle of the American Civil War and signaled the start of the war.
  6. 9. the battle at which General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
  7. 11. Massacre Confederate slaughter of African American Federal troops
  8. 12. fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.
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  1. 1. The purpose of ______________ to the Sea was to frighten Georgia's civilian population into abandoning the Confederate cause
  2. 2. refers to the process of automatically calling up men and women for military service.
  3. 6. were a series of violent disturbances in New York City that were because of anger with new laws passed by Congress to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War
  4. 10. over 23,000 men fell as casualties in the one-day Battle , making it the bloodiest day in American history.The Union victory at _______ resulted in President Abraham Lincoln issuing his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.