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32 Cards in this Set
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Crittenden Compromise
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In December 1860 John J. Crittenden assembled it to preserve the union.
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Robert E. Lee
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A Virginian who graduated from West Point and was the leader of the confederate army.
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Joseph E. Johnston
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Also a general he led the confederates during the Battle of Bull Run.
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First Battle of Bull Run
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Southerners called it the battle of Manassas. It was the first battle of the Civil war.
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Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
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A confederate general who stopped the Union assault at the first battle.
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Anaconda Plan
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It was a naval plan designed to slowly squeeze the life out of the South like and anaconda snake. It was important because the South depended on trade with foreign country's.
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Mary Boykin Chesnut
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She wrote a diary that provided a glimpse into the life on the home front during the Civil war.
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Elizabeth Blackwell
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The first woman to become a professionally licensed doctor in the U.S.
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U.S. Sanitary Commission
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The commission battled the diseases and infections that killed twice as many soldiers as bullets alone.
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Clara Barton
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She cared for the wounded on the battlefield. After the war she founded the American Red Cross.
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Sally Louisa Tompkins
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She was among the Confederate women who founded small hospitals and clinics. She was eventually commissioned as a captain in the Confederate army so that her Richmond, Virginia hospital could qualify as a military hospital. She was then the only recognized female officer in the Confederate forces.
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Conscription
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The first Confederate draft.
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Copperheads
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Southern sympathizers who limited their antiwar activities to speeches and newspaper articles.
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Habeus Corpus
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A protection against unlawful imprisonment.
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Ulysses S. Grant
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He led the Union forces that achieved great success.
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The Battle of Shiloh
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A surprise attack from the Confederate soldiers. One of the worst battles since the beginning of the war.
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David Farragut
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He commanded Union ships that attacked the two forts guarding the approach to New Orleans from the Gulf of Mexico.
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George B. McClellan
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A general who was ordered to return to Virginia. He was cautious and trained his men well.
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James E. B. "Jeb" Stuart
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A 29-year-old Calvary commander who was sent by Lee to gather information on enemy positions.
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Emancipation Proclamation
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The proclamation that freed the slaves but it only applied to the Confederate states.
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The Battle of Antietam
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It raged all day and it became the bloodiest single day battle in all of U.S. military history. The Confederates suffered more than 13,000 casualties; the Union more than 12,000.
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54th Massachusetts Infantry
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Many of the fist African American soldiers recruited by the Union served in this.
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Martin Delany
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He became the first African American promoted to the rank of major.
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Ambrose E. Burnside
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He was to replace McClellan after the battle of Antietam. Chosen by Lincoln.
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George Meade
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A general who replaced Hooker after Burnside.
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The Battle of Gettysburg
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It started on July 1 when a Confederate raiding party went to Gettysburg and was met in a blaze of fire from Union troops. It was won by the Union army and it was a narrow failure to end the war.
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Pickett's Charge
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A charged led by George Pickett that was a rush on Cemetery Ridge. Less than half of the soldiers made it to the top of the ridge.
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The Gettysburg Address
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A classic statement of democratic ideals given by Abe Lincoln. Only took a few minutes.
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The Siege of Vicksburg
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A long siege that had the city's defenders eating mules and rats to keep from starving. It lasted 6 weeks, led by Grant.
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A War of Attrition
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It was a plan that they would fight until the South ran out of men, supplies, and the will to fight.
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General William Tecumseh Sherman
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A Union general who matched Grants determination. He was moody, ambitions, and brilliant.
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Total War
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The idea that you must strike not only at the opposition's troops but also at their economic resources.
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