Unit 3 Chapter 9 Flashcards
Robert E. Lee
One of the most respected senior officers in Union Army.
He resigned on the day Virginia joined the Confederacy.
Greenback
The first national currency, created by the North.
Copperheads
“Peace democrats”… Opposed the war, wanted to make peace with the Confederacy.
Conscription
Forcing people into military service.
Habeas Corpus
Right not to be imprisoned unless charged with a crime.
Attrition
Wearing down one side by another through exhaustion of soldiers and resources.
Anaconda Plan
Blockading Southern ports.
“Stonewall” Jackson
A confederate general.
Bounty
A sum of money given as a bonus to individuals who promised 3 years of service in the military.
Blockade runners
Small, fast ships that would evade the blockade usually at night to trade cotton in Europe for shoes, rifles, etc.
Emancipation Proclamation
The executive order from President Lincoln declaring “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free.”
Ulysses S. Grant
18th President of the U.S. Led the Union Army to victory in the Civil War.
George B. McClellan
Appointed to lead the Union army after Gen. McDowell’s failure at Bull run.
Hardtack
A hard biscuit made of wheat flour.
54th Massachusetts
A battle at Fort Wagner near Charleston Harbor.
Siege
A military blockade of a city, fort, port, etc with the intent of conquering.
Prisoner of War
A person who has been captured and held captive by a group during or after conflict.
US Sanitary Commission
An organization created by the U.S. government to provide medical/sanitary assistance to the Union forces.
William Tecumseh Sherman
General in the Union Army.
Gettysburg
The bloodiest battle in American history.
Lasted 3 days with over 46,000 casualties.
Turning point of the war.
Forage
A wide search for food or provisions.
March to the Sea
A military campaign where Sherman sent his troops south of Atlanta to cut the railways leading to the city. *Marched across Georgia.
Pillage
Stealing something using violence in war (ex. fires, looting).
Sherman Neckties
Sherman’s troops would heat steel beams in the center and bend them around trees.
13th Amendment
Passed January 31, 1865 - banning slavery in the United States.
Appomattox Courthouse
Location of one of the last battles of the Civil War, in Appomattox County, Virginia.
Pickett’s Charge
The peak of the battle Battle of Gettysburg, a pivotal moment of the Civil War.
