Civil War Final

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Monitor and the Merrimack

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Navel battle that was a draw and first iron clad battle

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John Ericsson

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Swedish born engineer that was the designer of the monitor

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George B. McClellan

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Commander of the army during the patomic. Was relieved of command after the battle of antitum.

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Joseph E. Johnson

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One of commanders from bull run till the peninsula campaign. Was wounded at the battle of seven pines.

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Peninsula Campaign

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Was the plan for McCullen and the union army to take Richmond. This led to fighting to the peninsula.

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John B. Magruder

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One of the brigade commanders for the confederate. Posed the army for being larger than it was. Was a master of deseption

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Battle of Drewry's Bluff

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Confederate victory that kept the union navy out of the James river.

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Battle of seven pines

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Was a draw close to 12,000 casualties. This is where Lee took command of the army.

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Robert E. Lee

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Served in west Virginia y then was moved to northern Virginia with the army of Shenandoah. In the end became the overall commander of the confederate.

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James Longstreet

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Lee's old war horse. Was moved all over the place served in many battles. Became a Republican after the war

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Stone wall Jackson

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Jackson successfully pushed the union out of the valley. Was wounded at the battle of Chanslersvile due to friendly fire. Died of pneumonia

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Valley Campaign

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6 major engagements Jackson and his brigade lost 1 out of the 6 despite being out numbered one of the most sttatigical campaigns in military history

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Turner Ashby

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Was Jackson's main Calvery commander. Died after the battle of fort republic. Was the black night of the confederacy

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John C. Fremont

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Was an old bearflag republic pathfinder. Had command in the West but lost it. Received a command in the Easter theater to peruse Jackson in the valley. Most significant battle was the battle of McDowell. Fremont lost

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James Shields

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Was supposed to take Jackson at Lorey and Jackson at strawberry Virginia.

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JEB Stuart

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Lee's Calvery commander. He wins almost every battle he fights in. He will be killed in a bayyle of yellow tavern.

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Seven day battles

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Lee on the offensive to push the union back. Much fighting and hand to hand combat. In the end the union keeps that confederate out of Richmond but lost a lot of people

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Malvern Hill

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Harrison's landing

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Where the union retreated to after the peninsula campaign.

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John Pope

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He will gain command of the patomic nut will loose command after the 2nd battle of bull run.

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Battle of cedar mountain

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Stonwall Jackson defeats banks army I the summer of 62

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2nd battle of Manassas (bull run)

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August 28-30 one of the most significant battles and victories or the confederates

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Battle of antietem

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Bloodiest single day of the war. Some say it was draw and others call it a union victory

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Ambrose burnside

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Makes the mistake at the battle of Fredricksburg leading thousands of union soldiers to slaughter

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Battle of Fredericksburg

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Where the union lost many soldiers trying to make their way up the hill to the confederate base.

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Early's Raid on Washington

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Take the viana railroad and try to take Washington dc.

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Philip Sheridan

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Have command of the army in the valley. Try to break the line of Petersburg. Be one of the commanders at the surrender of Appomattox

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Marye's Heights

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High ground in Frederickburg that the confederate were behind

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Albert Sidney Johnson

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Significant commander in the West and was shot in his boot and bleeds and dies at the battle of Shiloh.

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Leonidas Polk

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Fighting bishop. One of the commanders in the west for the confederate.

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Simon Bolivar Buckner

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Commander at fort Donaldson and friend of Grant. Going to be the confederate commander that surrenders to fort Donaldson.

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Fort Henry

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Strategic confederate fort and was flooded most of the time

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Fort Donelson

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Other confederate fort taken by the union

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Commander of the Western theater

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Amdrew Hull Foote

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Union cammmder at for Henry and fort Donaldson. Was shot in the foot

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Nashville

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First confederate capitol to fall

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Don Carlos Buell

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Commander of the army in Ohio wins the battle of Perryville looses his command due to moving slow and politics

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Nathan Bedford Forrest

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Confederate Calvery commander and was paid for his men's supplies. Most significant artisans in the west. Made the KKK

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Battle of Shiloh

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Battle near Shiloh church and made about 22,000 casualties.

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P.G.T. Beauregard

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Takes command and continues the battle of Shiloh but retreats. His soldiers caught maleria Story ends up being weird.

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William T Sherman

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Grants right hand man. Gets a core command under grant. Hornets nest.

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Hornets Nest

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Fierce spot near Shiloh church

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Battle of Glorieta Pass

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Union tactile victory. Was considered a draw. One of the farthest west region battles

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David Farragut

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Highest ranking navel commander in the US navy.

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New York City draft riots

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Occurred in NYC many people were killed was due to people that could buy themselves out of the war

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Emancipation proclamation

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Made slaves free in rebelling states by Lincoln.

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54th Massachusetts regiment

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First African American regiment formed in spring field Massachusetts.

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"Contraband

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African Americans that were taken out of the army and put into service.

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Presidential Election of 1864

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Mostly between mcclulin and Lincoln. Was a landslide win.

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Cooperheads

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Peace democrats that wanted to end the war

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Clement L Valandigham

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Led the copperhead and made a lot to money off of the tobacco trade

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Mathew Brady

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The civil war photographer

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Siege of Petersburg

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Was an industrial hub. Which the union broke through

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Battle of Newmarket

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VMI marched from lexington to Newmarket and one the battle

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John Singleton mosby

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He patrols the valley of Virginia and is the only one respected by Lee worked with a network of spies

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William Quantrill

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One of the most famous partisans in the West and seen as a bushwaker.

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Rose O'Neal Greenhow

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One of the most significant confederate spies on DC

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Belle Boyd

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Cleopatra of the confederacy. Spy in Virginia main spy for Jackson

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Allan Pinkerton

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Most significant spy worked with both Lincoln and mcclulin. Main private investigative agency

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"Black dispatches"

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African American spies. One of the biggest was by Elizabeth Vanlue. Taught a women how to read and right and got her a job in the confederate white house.

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William Alexander Hammond

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US surgeon General served as a US surgeon General through the majority of the war

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S.P. Moore

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Was the confederate surgeon General during the whole war.

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Claude Etienne Minie'

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Was the Frenchman the made the miniball

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Clara Barton

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Founder of the American redcross

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Enfield 1853

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British rifle that leads to everything to the springfield

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Springfield Model 1861

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Was developed from the Enfield. Main weapon used on both sides of the war

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Elmira, New York

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Most notorious union POW camp

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Andersonville, Georgia

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Notorious confederate POW camp

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Battle of Chancellorsville

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Major confederate victory leads to Jackson being wounded

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George Meade

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Gain command after the battle of chansalorsville and will be the commander at the battle of Gettysburg

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Battle of Brandy Station

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Battle of Fleetwood hill largest Calvery battle but was a draw but seen as a tackticle victory for the union

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Battle of Gettysburg

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Turning point in the east major union victory

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Battle of Stones River

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Battle of burffiesburrow in the south. Major us union victory leads to the tulahomin campaign

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Battle of Vicksburg

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Turning point in the West. Giving the union control of the mississippi

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Battle of Chickamauga

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24,000 casualties. Was a confederate victory.

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Battle of Chattanooge

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Union will beat the confederacy at missionary ridge and lookout mountain

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Battle of Spotsylvania

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Major battle of 22,000 casualties and was considered a draw.

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Battle of Cold Harbor

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Grant vs Lee 18,000 casualties and the confederate won

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Atlanta and the March to the sea

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Atlanta fell on November 15 Sherman's army destroying everything in its path

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Battle of Five Forks

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Breakthrough for The defensive line in Petersburg.

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Surrender at Appomattox Court House

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Last winning battle where Lee surrenders to grant