Civil War - 2
Fighting The War/Final Phase
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- Ulysses S. Grant
- leader of all Union troops by the end of the Civil War
- Emancipation Proclamation
- document that freed the slaves in all states that were rebelling against the Union
- Yorktown
- this battle was a Confederate victory as Joseph E. Johnston and John B. Magruder's forces were able to hold this Virginia city after McClellan hesitated to attack
- Gettysburg Address
- legendary speech given by President Lincoln at the cemetery of one of the most famous battles of the Civil War
- Battle of Antietam
- the Union victory at this battle gave President Lincoln the victory and political strength he needed to more forward with his plans to free the slaves in the South
- George Pickett
- Confederate general famous for his charge at the Battle of Gettysburg
- Peninsula Campaign
- General McClellan's plan to attack Richmond from the South by transporting troops, goods, and animals across water to attack
- war of attrition
- phrase used by Grant and Sherman meaning to continue to fight until the South ran out of men, supplies, and will
- Washington D. C.
- the captial of the Union
- James E.B. "Jeb" Stuart
- Confederate cavalry scout who was ordered to gather information on the Union armies in the Seven Days' Campaign
- George B. McClellan
- this Union general was fired a second time for being too hesitant, despite winning the Battle of Antietam
- Martin Delany
- the first African American to recieve the rank of major
- Vicksburg and Port Hudson
- these two battles were significant in gaining full access to the Mississippi River
- Appomattox Courthouse
- where Robert E. Lee surrendered
- Ambrose E. Burnside
- Union general who was fired after leading his troops through an open field to be slaughtered in the Battle of Fredericksburg
- conscription
- another name for the draft during the Civil War
- Battle of Gettysburg
- this three day battle was the bloodiest of the entire Civil War, ended in a Union victory, and is considered the turning point of the war
- Battle of Chancellorsville
- this battle ended with a Confederate victory but cost Robert. E. Lee his best general as he was shot by his own men
- George B. McClellan
- this former general ran against President Lincoln and lost in the election of 1864
- Battle of Shiloh
- this intense battle ended in a Union victory for General Grant and was fought near a small log church
- Battle of Antietam
- the Union victory at this battle convinced France and Great Britain not to join the war
- Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker
- Union general who was dismissed before the Battle of Gettysburg by President Lincoln after he failed to attack the broken up Confederate forces and allowed them to assemble in Pennsylvania
- William Tecumseh Sherman
- Union general who is famous for his "march to the sea" across Georgia
- Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
- Confederate general who was mistakenly shot by his own troops and eventually died of infection
- Atlanta
- city that had many parts burned to the ground by General Sherman and Union forces