Civil War 2 Flashcards
Blockade
Preventing ships from entering or leaving a port
Border states
Those states on the boundry between the north and south
Iornclad
Wooden war ships covered w/ iron
Total war
Grant won the west and siege Lincoln puts in charge of army of Potomac destroy the south from all sides sends William Tecumseh Sherman’s troops to the Deep South (Atlanta) burned city to ground
Appomattox court house
The town chosen 2 be the place for the signing of the surrender by the south
13th amendment
Forbids slavery
In the U.S
Emancipation Proclamation
Order freeing the slaves on areas that rebelled against the union
Jefferson Davis
Prez of confederacy
George B. McClellan
Union army in 1861
Stonewall Jackson
A southern general known for his bravery
Ulysses s. Grant
Head of union army
David Farragut
Naval officer who took New Orleans
Robert E. Lee
Commander of the confederate army
William Tecumseh Sherman
Union general who waged total war against Georgia
John Wilkes booth
American stage actor who killed Lincoln on April 14 1861