Ap Us Ch 14 Civil War

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Fort Sumner

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a Union fort in Charleston, South Carolina. cut off from supplies by the south. the place where the war began

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executive power

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powers as the commander in chief and chief executive.

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Jefferson Davis

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President of the Confederacy

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Alexander H Stephens

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Vice-President of the Confederacy

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Bull Run

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in both battles, the confederacy caught the union off guard and forced them to retreat

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Thomas (stonewall) Jackson

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Led the Confederate reinforcements to Bull Run and defeated the Union there.

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Winfield Scott

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General-in-chief and veteran of the 1812 and Mexican war. devised a 3-part strategy that was only 2/3rds successful

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Anaconda Plan

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Used the US Navy to blockade southern ports and cut off essential supplies from reaching the south

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George McClellan

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Commander of the Union Army that was replaced twice. had a case of the slows

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Robert E Lee

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Confederate General who defeated the Union Army in both March of 1862 and August of 1862

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Antietam

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Union Army intercepts the invading Confederates in the bloodiest single day of combat that happened in the war. 22,000 men killed or wounded

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Fredricksburg

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Union army under General Burnside attacks confederates in Dec. 1862. Union brutally defeated with 12,000 dead or injured

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Monitor vs. Merrimac

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two ironclad battleships from both sides that battled for 5 hours near Hampton Roads in March 1862

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Ulysses S Grant.

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West Point Graduate who, by using both gunboats and army maneuvers, captured both Forts Henry and Donelson and earned the Union many battles in the war

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Shiloh

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Union army held its ground and forced Confederates to retreat after heavy losses on both sides. over 23,000 dead and wounded