Civil WAr Flashcards
Francis Lubbock
Texas Governor from 1861-1863 who helped raise troops for the Confederate army
Robert E Lee
Confederate general who surrendered Appomattox courthouse
John B. Hood
Commanded Texas infantry in major battles across eastern US
Edmund Kirby Smith
Confederate general who hoped to keep fighting after Robert Lee surrendered
John Magruder
Confederate general who retook Galveston from Union forces
Thomas Green
Confederate colonel who attacked Galveston with two cotton clads
Ulysses S Grant
Union general who accepted the surrender of the Confederate
Sectionalism
Focus on the interests of ones region
Sovereign
Free from outside control , self governing; supremacy of power
emancipation proclamation
Abraham Lincoln issued the executive order that slaves in the Confederate states were free
Thirteenth amendment
Congress passed this amendment to the constitution to abolish slavery throughout the nation
Drew Scott decision
Ruled that African American were not citizens
States rights
The position that the federal government should not interfere with the states exercising their constitutional powers
John Reagan
Texan who served as a post master general of the confederacy
Differences between north and south that caused the civil war
Economy Disputes over tariffs Slave labor States rights Sectionalism The election 1860
Where are most battles at the Mississippi River
East
Fort Sumter South Carolina
April 12, 1861, confederate forces opened fire on fort Sumter begins civil war
First battle bull run Virginia
Confederate army stopped union attempt to capture Richmond Virginia
Antietam Maryland
This was an important union victory single bloodiest battle in americas history
Gettysburg Pennsylvania
Lee and the confederate army lose putting them on the defensive side the rest of the war
Shiloh Tennessee
Union wins costly battle for both sides
Vicksburg Mississippi
Union gains control of the Mississippi River and splits the confederate in two
Jefferson Davis passed what law?
It drafted men between the ages of 18-35 to serve in the confederate army
Battle of palmito ranch
Near Brownsville and Confederate victory however the civil war had already ended and the union won the war
Why did the union want Sabine pass
To gain control of Houston and Galveston
Galveston 1862
Union gains Galveston but later recaptured by the Confederacy
