Civil War Unit Flashcards
Elijah LoveJoy
Murdered for supporting Freedom of slaves
Stephan Douglas
Supported Popular sovereignty
Charles Sumner
He was attacked in congress for his slavery views
Horace Greeley
Wanted Lincoln to free slaves as part of the war
John Brown
Abolitionists that thought the lord sent him to destroy slavery
General lee
Confederate that was the lead general of the south,first to use trench warfare, and his home was used as a cemetery after the war as punishment
Union General Sherman
Lead the march to the sea that destroyed so much, that it took away the Souths ability to fight
Union General McClellan
Did not lead well and made to many slow decisions
Vice President Andrew Johnson
Became president when Lincoln was killed
Jefferson Davis
President of confederacy
Abraham Lincoln
Wanted to save the union more than free the slaves
Washington DC
Border between the north and the south
Charleston, south Carolina (Ft Sumter)
Where the war began
South thought it was their land
Battle of Vicksburg
Gave the union the Mississippi river
Battle of Antietam
Bloodiest battle of the war