Civil War Flashcards

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Allan pinkerton

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Union scout who overestimated the size of the South’s army

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Robert Anderson

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Union commander trapped inside fort sumter

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3
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Mary Chesnut

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watched the ft. Sumter attack from her rooftop

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4
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Antietam

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bloodiest day in the civil war

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5
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Vicksburg

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place where citizens were under siege and lived in makeshift caves

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6
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Clara Barton

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famous civil war nurse and founder of the red cross

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7
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George Pickett

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CSA general who led suicide charge at Gettysburg

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8
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Belle Boyde

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Confederate spy who shot a union soldier

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9
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Tangibles

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Union had these kind of advantages and they were touchable

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10
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Anaconda plan

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name for the unions war strategy

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11
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intangibles

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The southern advantages that you cannot literally touch

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12
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Appomattox Courthouse

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place where lee surrenders to the union and brings the war to an end

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13
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Gettysburg address

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Lincoln’s dedication of a cemetary

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14
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Emancipation Proclamation

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Lincoln’s speech saying that all slaves in the confederacy were free

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15
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Gettysburg

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turning point in the east where lee lost to mead

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