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- 2. “Destroying civilian and economic resources.”
- 3. He was a general for the Confederacy. A U.S. Military Academy graduate. He served in the Mexican War in a Harpers Ferry and he led Federal troops. He also took unpredictable moves to confuse the Union.
- 6. Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri, are all of these states. States were slave states that did not join the Confederacy.
- 8. An Admerial for the Union Navy. He captured the cities of Natchez, Mississippi, and Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- 10. In April of 1865, Grant surrounded the Confederate army and cut off Lee’s esape route. The Confederates could not break the Union line, and they were running through on supplies. Lee could not see a way out, and surrender. They met in the town of Appomattox Courthouse on April 9, 1865. Lee surrendered, ending the Civil War. Grant decided that the Confederate troops would not be tried for treason, would be allowed to keep their horses, and would be fed.
- 14. Lincoln praised the Union army a the Gettysburg battlefield cemetery, on November 19, 1863. This speech became the most famous speech in American history. He said that the war was being fought for a reason.
- 16. An army mostly made up of free African Americans. In July of 1863, the infantry tried to invade Fort Wagner in South Carolina. About half of the army died, were injured, or captured. Their mission failed.
- 18. The city of Vicksburg is on a 200 feet cliff. This made it very difficult to invade. David Farragut’s troops' guns couldn’t reach the city above. General Grant's idea was to starve the city. He cut off the city, and eventually, the city ran out of food. The only way the soldiers survived was by eating horses, rats, and dogs.
- 19. Known as the Battle of Sharpsburg. Many people were killed, and it was the bloodiest battle in U.S. history. More soldiers were killed than they were in the American Revolution.
- 20. A volunteer who created a group that brought medicine to the battlefield. They were known as the “angels of the battlefield”. This eventually led to the American Red Cross.
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- 1. He impatient when he asked to lead defensive military maneuvers. He wanted to be in the attacks. He ended up getting his wish.
- 4. A law that would free all of the Confederate slaves.
- 5. The first major battle in the war.
- 7. A general who put together a group of soldiers called the Army of Potomac. He put in a lot of effort to start his attack on the Confederate Army. Although he overestimated its size. Lincoln was impatient with him and in 1862 McLennan started the presidential campaign to try to capture Richmond, Virginia.
- 9. He made a two-part war strategy to defeat the Confederates. The first part was to block the South’s ports to destroy the Southern economy. The second part of his plan was to divide the South by gaining control of the Mississippi River.
- 11. She was the first woman to have a medical license and she organized a group that convinced President Lincoln to form the US Sanitary Commission.
- 12. Where the first shots of the Civil War were fired. It began in Charleston, South Carolina when Confederate troops attacked the Union troops. The Confederates won.
- 13. Ships covered in iron.
- 15. A battle that took place on April 6th, 1862. The Confederacy organized a surprise attack on Grant's camp. This is how the battle started. The battle also helped the Union take more control over the Mississippi River.
- 17. The idea that Great Britain would have access to the raw cotton in the South. They wanted Great Britain’s support and maybe Britain would send in troops. The textile industry would support the Confederacy. This idea did not work because Great Britain got supplies from India and Egypt.