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CLEARYCivil War Trms
Civil War Key Terms
Term | Definition |
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Secede | to withdraw from or split from; term used to describe what the South attempted to do |
Fort Sumter | Where the Civil War began, 1861 |
Confederacy | The southern states that attempted to pull out of the Union.What the states that had seceded called themselves |
Union | The states in the north that stayed united; What the United States was called during the war. |
Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederate States of America |
Robert E. Lee | General of the Confederacy; Main commander of the Confederate army |
Abraham Lincoln | President when the Civil War begin; |
Ulysses S. Grant | General for the Union; The leading Union general at the end of the Civil War |
Border States | Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky and Missouri; slaves states that never declared secession |
Washington, DC | Capitol of the Union |
Richmond, VA | Capitol of the Confederacy |
King Cotton | most important agricultural product of the South |
Anaconda Plan | Union plan to cut the south in half making it difficult to supply the troops |
Blockade | an effort to cut off food, supplies, war material or communications from a particular area by force |
Battle of Bull Run | The first major battle of the war |
Battle of Antietam | The first battle fought in Union territory. Bloodiest single day of the war |
Emancipation Proclamation | Document signed by Lincoln freeing the slaves in the Confederacy |
Battle of Gettysburg | The deadliest battle of the war; Fought on Union territory; Union victory is turning point of the war |
Gettysburg Address | Lincoln’s famous speech given after the Battle of Gettysburg |