The Civil War

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  1. 2. Weapon with long metal blade.
  2. 4. of Gettysburg A union Civil War victory that turned the tide against the confederates at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
  3. 6. Battle of Bull Run The first major battle of the Civil War, and the confederates' victory. The battle is also known as the First Battle of of Manassas.
  4. 9. Farragut First commissioned American admiral. He captured New Orleans and maintained a blockade along the Gulf Coast against Confederate forces.
  5. 10. Ships heavily armored with iron.
  6. 13. Large- caliber guns used in warfare on land.
  7. 16. S. Grant He accepted General Lee's surrender of Confederate forces at Appomattox Courthouse, ending the Civil War.
  8. 19. McClellan American army general put in charge of union troops and later removed by Lincoln for failure to press Lee's Confederate troops in Richmond.
  9. 20. to destroy the South's economy with a naval blockade.
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  1. 1. An infantryman's light gun with a long barrel, typically smooth-bored, muzzle loading, and fired from the shoulder.
  2. 3. Scott American general, he served as commander in the Mexican War and used a two-part strategy against the South in the Civil War; he
  3. 5. Proclamation The order to free Confederate slaves.
  4. 7. An analgesic and narcotic drug obtained opium and used to relieve pain.
  5. 8. of Fort Sumner A federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by Confederate troops, beginning the Civil War.
  6. 11. A reddish- brown heavy-scented addictive drug prepared of the opium poppy, used as a narcotic and in medicine as an analgesic.
  7. 12. Barton Founder of the American Red Cross, she obtained and administrated supplies and care to the Union soldiers during the American Civil War.
  8. 14. Jackson American confederate general, he led the Shenandoah Valley campaign and fought with Lee in the Seven Days' Battles.
  9. 15. E. Lee He led major battles until his defeat at Gettysburg, and he surrendered to the union's commander General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.
  10. 17. Battle of Bull Run Jackson's troops met Pope's union forces on the battlefield in August in 1862. Three-day battle.
  11. 18. Days' Battle On June 26, Lee attacked, launching a series of clashes.