Finallss Flashcards
—— Supported the war against the south
Abolitionists
—— was more industrialized then the south due to the amount of manufacturing
North
North did not draft African Americans so not to
Turn northern whites against the war
African American troops fought on the —— side in —– numbers
Union. Large.
South was left in ruins by
Total war
Marked the end of the era of wooden warships
Ironclads
Developed to sink ironclads
Submarines
President of the confederate states of America
Jefferson Davis
President of the United States
Abraham Lincoln
Commander of the confederate army
Robert E. Lee
Commander of the 54th regiment. Died at fort Wagner
Robert Shaw
Commander of the Union army that defeated Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Earned Medal of Honor for his defense of little round top at the battle of Gettysburg
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Eccentric confederate general who was mortally wounded at the battle of Chancellorsville
Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson
—– had advantages over the south in nearly all resources
North
Led pickets charge, the largest infantry charge of the civil war at the battle of Gettysburg with over 15000 men and was defeated by Union forces
George Pickett
Confederates fire on —– and begin the civil war
Fort Sumter
After the battle of bull run, the north and the south realized
The war would be a long hard struggle
Battle of Antietam gave —– the win he needed to announce the —— —–
Lincoln. Emancipation proclamation
Marked the high tide of the confederacy
Battle of Gettysburg
Gave the union control of the Mississippi
Battle of Vicksburg
Did not succeed in sinking the monitor
Merrimack