Kiley Civil War
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- William Tecumseh Sherman
- Appointed union commander of Mississippi, burns Atlanta, sets out on "Sherman's March" destroying the south
- Blue
- Color of Union uniforms
- Bull Run
- First bloody battle, just outside Washington DC, Confederate troops win commanded by Stonewall Jackson.
- Lincoln
- President during Civil War, issues Emancipation Proclomation, assassinated in a theater
- Ironclad
- New style of ships that can withstand cannon fire, resist burning. Ends era of fighting with wooden ships
- Gettysburg
- 3 day battle, most decisive of war- turning point, huge losses for both sides
- Shiloh
- Confederates surprise Union at Tennesee church, one of bloodiest battles, changes strategy for both sides
- Grey
- Color of Southern or Confederate uniforms
- U. S. Grant
- Union General, won victory at Fort Henry, initials linked with "Unconditional Surrender"
- South
- Otherwise known as Confederates- fought to protect the south from northern aggression
- Emancipation Proclamation
- Military action given by Abraham Lincoln to free the slaves aimed at states in rebellion
- Vicksburg
- Confederate holdout on Mississippi River,Grant leads a siege of city preventing food supply, city falls on July 4
- Monitor
- Northern Ironclad-battles with Merrimack, ends in a draw
- Secede
- To separate or break away from
- Stonewall Jackson
- Confederate general Thomas Jackson, got nickname at Bull Run, for standing like a stone wall
- North
- Otherwise known as Union- saw the war as a struggle to preserve the union
- Merrimack
- Confederate ironclad, battles with Monitor, ends in a draw.
- George Meade
- Commander of Northern Armies at Gettysburg
- Antietam
- Single bloodiest battle in American history, battle result is standoff although South retreats next day
- Robert E Lee
- Commander of Confederate Army (had turned down offer to head Union Army)
- Richmond
- Confederate Captial in Virginia
- Appottomax
- Court house where Lee surrenders to Grant, ending the war
- Jefferson Davis
- Confederate President
- Fort Sumter
- First battle of Civil War - United the north- Confederate victory
- Confederacy-
- Confederate States of America,southern states who seceded from Northern states to form separate government. Recogized slavery as legal