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29 Cards in this Set
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Causes of the Civil War (6)
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Kansas-Nebraska Act, Dred Scott Case, Harper's Ferry, Lack of Executive Leadership, States Right, Election of Lincoln
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1860 Election Results
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Lincoln - 180 electoral votes, Breckenridge - 72, Bell - 39, Douglass - 12
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South Carolina secession date
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December 20th, 1860
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Mississippi secession date
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January 9th, 1861
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Florida secession date
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January 10th, 1861
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Alabama secession date
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January 11th, 1861
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Georgia secession date
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January 19th, 1861
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Louisiana secession date
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January 26th, 1861
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Texas secession date
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February 1st, 1861
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Virginia Convention
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April 17th, 1861, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee follow
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First capital of the CSA
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Montgomery, Alabama
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CSA P and VP
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Jefferson Davis, inaugurated on February 18th, 1861
Alexander Stephens VP |
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Confederate government moved
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To Richmond Virginia of May 1861
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Jefferson Davis
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Born in Kentucky on June 3rd, 1808, Went to Transylvania University and West Point, served in Blackhawk War, Captured on May 10th, 1865 near Irwinville, Georgia, Died December 6th, 1889
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Union Leadership structure
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Commander-in-chief - Lincoln
Commanders of Army of the Potomac - McDowell, McClellan, Pope, McClellan, Burnside, Hooker, Meade, Grant |
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Confederate Leadership structure
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Commander-in-chief- Jefferson Davis, Generals - Joe Johnston, Lee, Beauregard, Bragg, Albert Sydney Johnston
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Army organization
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Armies, Corps - two or more divisions, divisions - two or more brigades, Brigades - two or more regiments, regiments - 10 companies, company - 100 men
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Fort Sumter
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April 12th, 1861, Union Commander - Major Robert Anderson, Confederate Commander - PGT Beauregard, Anderson surrenders fort after 34 hour bombardment, only casualty of war was a horse, Virginia secedes after falling of fort, 3 upper south states join them
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First Battle of Bull Run
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July 21st, 1861, Prince William County Virginia, McDowell vs. Beauregard and Johnston, Thomas J. Jackson gets his stonewall nickname, Union army retreated, Confederate victory
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Battle of Wilson's Creek
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August 10th 1861, Missouri, Lyon vs. McCullough, Lyon killed in battle, Confederate victory
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John Charles Freemont
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issued edict freeing slaves in Missouri, Lincoln immediately rescinded that order and replaced Freemont
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Battle of Ball's Bluff
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October 21st, 1861, Virginia, Baker in Union command, disaster for Union, led to creation of the Committee on the Conduct of the War which would second guess Lincoln throughout rest of war
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George McClellan's First Command
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Born in Philly on December 3rd, 1826, attends Penn then West Point, graduates second in class, in Mexican War, engineer in military, receives command of Army of the Potomac after Bull Run, fails at the Peninsula campaign, Mclellan relived of command until Antietam, then relieved again in early November
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The Trent
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British Vessel carrying two Confederate commissioners to foreign courts, John Slidell and James Mason, USS San Jacinto stops ship and takes Confederates as POWs, Captain Charles Wilkes is temporary hero
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Grant's Early Sucesses
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Drinking problem - being away from wife and boredom, John Rawlins could handle Grant, won battle of Belmont after departing from Cairo, Illinois
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Fort Henry
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On Tennessee River, under command of Brig. Gen. Tilghman, Grant takes Fort with relative ease on February 6th, 1862
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Fort Donelson
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On Cumberland River, under command of Simon Buckner, Buckner sends Grant message asking for terms of surrender, Grant wants immediate and unconditional surrender, February 16th, 1862, Buckner surrenders Fort, 14000 Confederate troops captured, group of Confederates led by Nathan Bedford Forrest leave fort
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Battle of Shiloh
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First true bloodbath, April 6th-7th, 1862, Albert Sydney Johnston vs. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman is there, Don Carlos Buell coming with Union reinforcements, Johnston is killed on April 6th, Beauregard decides to wait til morning to finish Union army, Buell arrives and Union attacks, technically a Union victory, Confederates pushed back to Corinth, Mississippi, Casualties: Union 13K, Confederates: 10.5K, Halleck relieves Grant of command, Lincoln gives Halleck desk job and reinstates Grant
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Merrimac vs. Monitor
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March 9th, 1862, battle lasted 4 hours, monitor saves the day, Merrimac destroyed by Confederate troops to prevent Union from seizing it, Monitor wins, then sinks during storm off shore of Cape Hatteras
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