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Chapter 17
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| border states | state on the border between the North and South: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri |
| strategy | a careful plan or method |
| enlist | to formally join a military force |
| contrast | to compare with respect to difference |
| tributary | stream or smaller river that feeds into a larger river |
| ironclad | a warship equipped with iron plating for protection |
| abandon | to leave behind or give up |
| Battle of Bull Run | first major land battle where the Confederates won and routed the Union Army |
| casualties | people, killed wounded, captured, or missing |
| reinforce | to make stronger |
| Battle of Antietam | single most bloodiest day in American history where 26, 000 Americans died in combat |
| Emancipation Proclamation | decree issued by President Lincoln freeing enslaved people in those parts of the Confederacy still in rebellion on January 1, 1863 |
| habeas corpus | a legal writ, or order, that guarantees a prisoner the right to be heard in court |
| draft | a system of selecting people for required military service |
| bounty | reward or payment |
| greenback | paper money issued by the United States government |
| substitute | an alternate or replacement |
| entrench | to place within a trench, or ditch, for defense; a strong defensive position |
| flank | the side or edge of a military formation |
| Stonewall Jackson | famous Confederate General who was an excellent military strategist a gained his nickname at the Battle of Bull Run |
| 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment | famous African American regiment that assaulted Fort Wagner in 1863 receiving heavy casualties |
| reverse | to go in the opposite direction |
| Battle of Gettysburg | the high water mark of the Confederacy where the Army of Northern Virginia was badly defeated in Pennsylvania |
| General Robert Lee | famed Confederate General who lead the Army of Northern Virginia through many a campaign |
| General Ulysses Grant | famed Union General who lead the Army of the Potomac to victory defeating the Confederates in Virginia |
| Gettysburg Address | President Lincoln's speech dedicating a National Cemetery to the dead of the Union who were killed at Gettysburg |
| resistance | refusal to give |
| series | events that occur one after the other |
| interpret | to find meaning in something |
| total war | a strategy of bringing war to the entire society, not just the military |
| Appomattox Court House | the location in Virginia where General Robert Lee surrender to General Ulysses Grant that ended the Civil War |
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