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26 Cards in this Set
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Fort Sumter
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First battle of the Civil War in South Carolina, Union lost this fort to the Confederates. |
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Union advantages
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-Railroads -More population -More factories -Strong Navy -Leadership of Abraham Lincoln |
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Union Disadvantages
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-Large area to conquer
-Long sup[ly lines -Offensive war -Unfamiliar of the land the war was fought |
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Confederate Advantages
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-Well trained officers
-Robert E Lee -Hunting and riding skills -Defensive war -Knew the terrain well |
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Confederate Disadvantages
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-Less population -Less rail roads -States governments -Weak navy -Less factories |
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Jefferson Davis |
named the president of the Confederate army
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Abraham Lincoln |
President of the Union during the Civil War |
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Robert E Lee
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-commander of the Confederate army
-Tactitian and best confederate general |
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"Stonewall" Jackson
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-Confederate military minded general
-Arm shot off by confederate at Chancelorsville -Died of pnemonia in battle. |
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Battle of Antietam
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-Confederates first intentions were to take over Washington DC heading North.
-No side was a clear winner, although the union claimed a victory. |
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George McClellan |
Major general for the Union during the American Civil War and the Democratic presidential nominee in 1864. |
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Ulysses S Grant
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Union's best general and later on in the war, an important general overtaking McClellan.
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Clara Barton |
Female during the Civil War who organized and supplied medicine and aid to soldiers in the field of battle |
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Border states |
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri-slave states that did not join the Conederacy.
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Anaconda Plan |
proposed by Union General Winfield Scott to cut off the Confederacy by wrapping around fighting in the south using the Atlantic Ocean and Mississippi River as borders of containment. |
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Shiloh
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This battle was a Confederate sneak attack along the "Hornets Nest" where Union troops couldn't withstand the onslaught where blood was shed.
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Vicksburg and New Orleans |
Having control of the Mississippi River was important to the Union in these two separate battles. |
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Emancipate
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to free
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Was issued after the Battle of Antietam by Abraham Lincoln to free all slaves in the South of the Confederacy.
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54th Massachusetts Regiment
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First all black unit commanded by Robert Gould Shaw.
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Gettysburg Address |
this speech by President Abraham Lincoln helped boost morale for Union soldiers and strengthened his political power for the 1864 election. |
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Battle of Gettysburg
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-The last major battle of the Civil War where the Confederates worst defeat happened due to the Union's well-needed victory.
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March to the Sea
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William T. Sherman and his Union men scorched miles of land in destruction upon cities, railroad tracks, and framland and captured Atlanta, GA.
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Apottomax Courthouse
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Lee surrenders to Grant here. The 25,000 men weren't punished, no prisoners, war is over, officers keep pistols and swords, soldiers keep horses.
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Bloodiest |
Every battle in the Civil War was considered ______________ with the largest casulty loss. |
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Total War
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war against civilians as well as soldiers
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