Fort Sumter
Federal fort in Charleston, South Carolina, where the first shots were fired
Robert E. Lee
Commander of the Confederate Army, was actually apposed to slavery
Crittenden Compromise
An amendment that tried to prevent secession of the southern states
Battle of Bull Run
First Battle, obviously fought at Bull Run, Confederates won
"Stonewall" Jackson
Nickname given to General Thomas J. Jackson after the Battle of Bull Run
Consequences of Bull Run
Proved to those in the war that it was carnage and it would last longer than they thought
Confederate Advantages
General Robert E. Lee, vast amounts of cotton
Union Advantages
Bigger army, more guns, iron, ships
Anaconda Plan
Union strategy to starve the South by blocking imports
Confederate Strategies
Maintain its small armies, win formal recognition with France and Britain, erode Union's will to fight
Union Strategies
Starve the South, split Confederacy in two
Ulysses S. Grant
Commander of the Union Army
Battle of Shiloh
Battle where almost 25,000 Union and Confederate soldiers were killed
Battle of Antietam
Bloodiest day in the Civil War, over 23,000 were either wounded or killed
Emancipation Proclamation
Freed enslaved people living in Confederate states still in rebellion/Redefined the war as being fought for slavery
Sherman's March to Sea
A General who led a path of destruction through Georgia and South Carolina
Gettysburg Adress
Speech by Abraham Lincoln which dedicated a cemetery and reaffirmed the ideas for which the Union was fighting
Appomattox
The court house where General Robert E. Lee surrendered/The end of the war
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle which Confederates were prevented from invading the North, more than 50,000 deaths
