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65 Cards in this Set
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John C Breckinridge
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Split Democratic vote in election of 1860 with Stephen a Douglas. Breckinridge was preffered in the south.
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Pierre Bouregard
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Ordered by J. Davis to take Fort Sumter.
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Major Anderson
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in charge of Ft. Sumter garrison
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Gen. Winfield Scott
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Developed Anaconda plan
Commander and chief at outbreak of war |
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James Ripley
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Head of Union Ordinance
Opposed breach loaders Called Ripley van winkle |
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Gen. Stonewall Jackson
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given nickname by General Bernard Bee at First battle of Manassas
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Gen. McDowell
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In command at Bull Run, had opposed attack but was still relieved
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Gen. George McClellan
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served in Mex-US war
cripling fear or failure suceeded McDowell |
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Merimak
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Confederate ironclad
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John Erickson
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commisioned by US navy to build iron clad capable of fighting Merimak
Built "The Monitor" |
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Horace Greeley
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Told by lincoln if saving the Union involved freeing no slaves than so be it
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Ambrose Burnside
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Successor to McClellan
Launched disasterous attack on Fredericksburg |
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Campaign vs Belmont "unconditional surrender" instant fame
Nearly destroyed at Battle of Shiloh |
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Gen. Jon Buell
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Reinforced Grant at Shiloh, saved Union army from destruction
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Gen. Albert Johnston
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Beat Grant on first day of battle of Shiloh
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Gen. William Rosecrans
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Replacement of Buell after failure to achieve victory in Tennessee
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Commander Joe Hooker
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Replacement of Rosecrans
Lost at Chancellorsville, Lee's greatest victory |
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Brandy Station
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site of cavalry battle that humiliated Jeb Stuart
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Fremantle
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British colonel observing Lee's army
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Henry Harrison
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Longstreet's spy, informed Lee of Union army near Gettysburg
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Bufford
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Gettysburg MUST be held
held high ground south of city until repulsed |
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Gen. Richard Eule
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ordered to attack on Gettysburg at his discretion, opted not to
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Col. Joshua Lawerence Chamberlin
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Held little round top with 20th Maine
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Gen. Mead
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replacement of Hooker
Fought at Gettysburg |
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Admiral Farragut
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"Damn the Torpedoes, full speed ahead!"
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Joe Johnston
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surrendered to Sherman at Raleigh N.C. after hearing of Lee's surrender at Appomattox courthouse
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King William
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Ruled Prussia
Proffessional soldier Brought in Moltke |
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General Roon
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War minister of Prussia
Drew up "military constitution of the fatherland" |
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Moltke
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Recognized improtance of railways and mobilization
Organized rail and telegraph systems to be better put to military use Believed day of Great Personal commander done exhaustively planned battles believed in encirclement |
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Kesselschacht
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"battle of enciclement"
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Battle of Konniggratz-Sadowa
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Germans crushed Austrians, did not take capital
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Macmahan
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French commander of main force at Chalons
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Bazaine
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French Commander at Metz
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Trochu
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Head of new French government after capture of Louis Napoleon III at Sedan
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Brigadeer Gen George Crook
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Turned back at battle of Rosebed Creek
Other commanders unaware |
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Terry and Gibbon
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Two generals merged forces mid June pursuing Crazy Horse
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Capt Mahan
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"Influence of Sea Power Upon History"
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Bushnell
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invented submarine
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Moltke the Younger
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revised Shlieffen plan
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Sir Douglas Haig
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British commander at the Somme
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Terry and Gibbon
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Two generals merged forces mid June pursuing Crazy Horse
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Capt Mahan
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"Influence of Sea Power Upon History"
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Bushnell
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invented submarine
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Moltke the Younger
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revised Shlieffen plan
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Sir Douglas Haig
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British commander at the Somme
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Nivelle
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Replaced Joffre
Lost 100k men in 24 hours attacking strongest point of German line at Noyon |
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Ferdinand Foch
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appointed in response to Ludendorf officensive
"Supreme allied commander" |
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Gen. Wilhelm Greener
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replacement of Hindenberg Ludendorf
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Friedrich Ebert
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head of Weimar Republic
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Zaig
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head of new German army after world war one
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Reichwer
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elite, professional army
no conscription |
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Ernst Rome
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Head of S.A.
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Heinrich Himler
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head of SS within SA
Waffen SS-One million strong in world war two Purged Rome and SA leadership on blood purge June 30th 1934 |
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Whermach
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replaced Reichwere
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Field Marshal Fritsch
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head of German army
accused of homosexuality |
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Field Marshall Bloomberg
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War minister
had a young wife with a past forced to resign or have life made public |
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Goering
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Commander of Luftwaffe
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Erich Raeder
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Commander of German Navy
Frequently Quarelled with Hitler wanted a larger fleet |
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Air Marhsall Dowding
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established British air defenses in inter-war years
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Charles Evans Hughes
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Nov. 12 1921 "sunk more ships than all the admirals in history"
5Brit 5 Us 3 Jap 1.67 F 1.67 Italy |
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Gen. William Mitchell
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Obnoxious
"We don't need a navy" |
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Douket
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wrote book "Command of the Air"
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Frunze
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obeyed Trotskys orders to modernize army
murdered on operating table? |
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T.V. Khashevksy
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Believed future wars mechanized
Sent best soldiers to west to observe new tactics |
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Stressa Front
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meeting at stressa between B I F to stop German expansion
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