The Civil War

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  1. 2. Confederate general at Fort Sumter and First Bull Run
  2. 4. commanding general of the Union army for a short period; nominated by the Democrats to run against Lincoln in the election of 1864
  3. 5. commanding general of the Union army at the start of the Civil War; created the Anaconda Plan
  4. 7. members of Lincoln's own party who criticized Lincoln for making the war about preserving the Union rather than about slavery
  5. 13. (Union victory) the bloodiest day of the Civil War; Lincoln soon after issued the Emancipation Proclamation
  6. 15. (1861) the first federal income tax in American history; used to raise money for the Union
  7. 17. the first meeting of ironclads in the Civil War; navies would shift from wooden ships to ironclads after the battle
  8. 19. (November 19, 1863) three-minute speech given by Lincoln at a dedication speech for a battlefield cemetery; regarded as one of the finest speeches of all time
  9. 21. (Union victory) the surrender of General Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia; signaled the beginning of the end of the Civil War
  10. 22. failed maneuver by Confederate soldiers on Union soldiers positioned on high ground on the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg
  11. 24. executive order issued by Abraham Lincoln which declared all slaves in the Confederate states to be free if those states did not return to the Union by the end of the year
  12. 26. a war between citizens of the same country fighting for control over that country
  13. 28. (Union victory) victory helped Lincoln win the election of 1864; Sherman burned almost the entire city before starting his March to the Sea
  14. 29. drafting men for military service
  15. 30. (Union victory) cut off railroad supply line to the capital at Richmond; Lee retreated and Confederate government officials evacuated Richmond
  16. 31. (Union victory) Union gained control of the Mississippi River; cut off Confederate communications and supplies from west of the Mississippi River; often considered the turning point in the war along with Gettysburg
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  1. 1. ("Copperheads") favored ending the war, whether it meant welcoming the seceded states back into the Union along with slavery or letting the southern states remain separate
  2. 3. Union general famous for his "total war" strategy in the Atlanta Campaign
  3. 6. (Union victory) more casualties than any other battle in the Civil War; often considered the turning point in the war
  4. 8. (1863) law drafting Union men ages 20-45 for 3 years of military service; each state had a quota of soldiers to provide
  5. 9. President of the United States of America during the Civil War; issued the Emancipation Proclamation; assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865
  6. 10. President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War
  7. 11. Confederate commanding general of the Army of Northern Virginia; earned victories at the Battle of Seven Days, Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville; surrendered at Appomattox Court House
  8. 12. (Confederate victory) the start of the Civil War
  9. 14. a Confederate corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia; earned his nickname at First Bull Run; shot by friendly fire at Chancellorsville and died from pneumonia
  10. 16. Confederate commander of the Western Department of the Confederate Army; killed in the Battle of Shiloh
  11. 18. commanding general of the Union army for the latter half of the Civil War
  12. 20. (April 14, 1865) assassinated Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington
  13. 23. (Confederate victory) the first major land battle of the Civil War; General Thomas Jackson earned the nickname "Stonewall"
  14. 25. Winfield Scott's plan to blockade Confederate ports, take control of the Mississippi River, and capture the Confederate capital at Richmond, VA
  15. 27. the southern region of the United States which broke away, forming their own nation; often called the "rebels"