Civil War Flashcards
Fredericksburg
Burnside out numbered Lee
Burnside tried to cross a river
Ft. Sumter
April, 1861
Start of the war
Robert Lee offered command
Antietam
September, 1862 Sharpsburg Maryland Bloodiest day in American history Turning point Allowed for the Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation
September, 1862
Effective January, 1863
Made the war a war to free the slaves
Kept Britain out of the war
Gettysburg
July 1,2,3 , 1863
Day 2 - Chamberlain
Day 3 - Picket’s charge
Appomattox
April 9, 1865
Ended the war
Virginia
Effects of the union blockade
Stopped importation in the south
Made south desperate for victory
Lincoln
North
President
Jefferson Davis
South
President
Lee
South
General
Stonewall Jackson
South
Thomas Jackson
McClellan
North
Northern general
David Farragut
North
Naval commander that captured New Orleans
US Grant
North
Unconstitutional surrender
Important battles in the West
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
North
Hero of Day 2 at Gettysburg
Little round top
George Picket
North
Leader or Picket Charge
Day 3 Gettysburg
Border States
Maryland Missouri Kentucky Delaware West Virginia
Southern purpose of invading north
To force Lincoln to negotiate peace