Civil War

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Fort Sumter

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After secession, the Union only had 2 ports in the South left- Fort Sumter being one of them. The Confederacy demanded that they surrender the fort or face an attack. Lincoln did not abandon or provoke anything, he just sent supplies for histories stationed there. Feds bombarded the fort before Gen. Andersen(Union) surrendered.

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Anaconda Plan

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Plan to defeat the Confederacy. Developed by Gen. Winfield Scott after Fort Sumter. Essentially a naval blockade of all southern ports--the south could have dissipated. Would have cut the size in half by taking the Mississippi first-- then forced to surrender. Would have imported thousands of troops in the Miss. to seize all ports and surrounding area.

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Stonewall Jackson (Confederate)

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Gen. Thomas J. Jackson---"There is Jackson standing like a stone wall!" Name originated in the Battle of Bull Run

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George McClellan (Union)

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Lincoln appointee after Bull Run-- to lead his new Union army. Fired after Antietam--"too slow"

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Ulysses S. Grant (Union)

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West Point grad. Known as the "unconditional surrenderer" because of his ability to capture forts mercilessly and with speed.

He led-- Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Vicksburg

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Battle of Shiloh

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March 1862, Grant gathered troops near a church called Shiloh. Fed surprise attack and Union almost lost. Next day, he reorganized his troops and counteracted. Feds retreated. 100,000 troops killed (1/4) of army.

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General Robert E. Lee (Confederate)

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Modest, willing to go beyond basic tactics. He opposed secession. Offered Union gen. place, refused because of his hemostat Virginia. To save Richmond, he counteracted McClellan battles known as Seven Days Battles. Victory at Second Battle of Bull Run. Antietam.

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Battle of Antietam

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Bloodiest single-day battle in American history. 26,000 casualties. McClellan initiated. Stalemate.

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Union struggles

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Didn't have as much worth fighting for compared to the south.

Inflation

Lacked strong leadership

Unfamiliar turf, fighting grounds.

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Confederate struggles

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Lacked agricultural diversity, lacked capita, and industry base.

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Ironclad ships

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Steam-propelled warships with metal wrapped around. Bullet proof essentially compared to wooden ships.

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Habeas Corpus, Lincoln's suspension of it

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Put into effect in the Civil War, provided for the release of political prisoners.

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Lincoln's Primary Goal

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TO PRESERVE THE UNION, not end slavery though that was on his list too. Commonly mistaken. That was when he initiated the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Clara Barton

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Pioneering nurse who founded the American Red Cross.

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Why was the war less damaging to the North?

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They had more resources and population than the south. They were more diverse snd had more of a selection to choose from.

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Gettysburg, why a turning point?

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3 days, crippled the south so badly that Lee would never bee able to recover.

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Chancelorsville

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The south defeated the north. May 1863. Lee outsmarted Union causing them to retreat. Stonewall Jackson shot by his own troops and died of hypothermia within the next couple of months.

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Vicksburg

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Frontal-city attack by the Union. Forcing civilians to take shelter in caves-- starvation of them and feds. Fed troops got mad and made a petition to generals saying if you can't feed us, we need to end this.

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William Tecumseh Sherman, what did he do to Atlanta?

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Pointed after Grant. Sherman's march to the sea(Atlanta) and burned it down. Overtook it, and wiped out Lee.

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Appomattox Courthouse, why significant?

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It;s where Lee signed to surrender.

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13th amendment

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"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States"