2/2 Civil War Flashcards
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1st Bull Run/Manassas
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Sunday, July 21, 1861 •Virginia •stone house •stonewall Jackson •Henry house •Judith Henry dies •stone bridge •bull run creek •winner=confederates
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Fort Sumter
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Tuesday, April 12, 1861 4:30 am •Charleston, s.c. •no human deaths •civil war begins • winner=confederates
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Monitor vs. Merrimac
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March 9, 1862 •Virginia, Elizabeth river •first iron clad battle •merrimac-wooden hall •monitor-all iron •monitor-rotating turret- John Ericcson
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Shiloh/Pittsburgh Landing
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April 6-7, 1862 •Tennessee •peach orchard •bloody pond •drummer boy-Johnny Clenn •Shiloh church-place of peace •hornets nest, sunken road •u.s. grant and Sherman •Albert sydne Johnston shot in leg •more deaths than all previous wars •winner=union
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New Orleans
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April 25, 1862
•Louisiana
•David Farragot takes control of lower Mississippi River
•winner=union
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7 days battle/ peninsular campaign
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June-July 1862 •Virginia •Robert e lee arrives on the scene •union fails to take Richmond •winner=confederates
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2nd bull run/ Manassas
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Aug 1862
•Virginia
•Robert e lee winning streak
•winner=confederates
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Antietam
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September 17, 1862 •Maryland •cornfield •bloody lane •burnside bridge •dunker church •union finds cigar battle plans •bloodiest single day in history •emancipation proclamation jan 1, 1863 •McClellan fired •winner=union
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Fredericksburg
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December 1872 •Virginia •huge win for lee •union burnside loses his control patrons •winner=confederates
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Chancellorsville
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Early may, 1863 •Virginia •lee seems invisible •Jackson shot by mistake-dies a few days later •winners=confederates
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Gettysburg
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July 1-3 1863 •Gettysburg, Pennsylvania •evergreen cemetery gate •devils den •little/big round top •the angle •"shoes" •artillery barrage •pickets charge •plum run •Meade •winner=union
