Civil War Flashcards
Allan pinkerton
Union scout who overestimated the size of the South’s army
Robert Anderson
Union commander trapped inside fort sumter
Mary Chesnut
watched the ft. Sumter attack from her rooftop
Antietam
bloodiest day in the civil war
Vicksburg
place where citizens were under siege and lived in makeshift caves
Clara Barton
famous civil war nurse and founder of the red cross
George Pickett
CSA general who led suicide charge at Gettysburg
Belle Boyde
Confederate spy who shot a union soldier
Tangibles
Union had these kind of advantages and they were touchable
Anaconda plan
name for the unions war strategy
intangibles
The southern advantages that you cannot literally touch
Appomattox Courthouse
place where lee surrenders to the union and brings the war to an end
Gettysburg address
Lincoln’s dedication of a cemetary
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln’s speech saying that all slaves in the confederacy were free
Gettysburg
turning point in the east where lee lost to mead