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Ch. 16/17 Civil War
Major Events of the Civil War
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Confederate States of America | formed in 1861 by the states that seceded from the Union (also known as the Confederacy) |
| Jefferson Davis | president of the Confederacy during the Civil War |
| Fort Sumter, South Carolina | the place where the first shots of the Civil War were fired |
| Robert E. Lee | military leader who fought for the Confederacy |
| Confederate generals | Robert E. Lee, Albert S. Johnston, Pierre Beauregard, Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, George Pickett, |
| Anaconda Plan | Winfield Scott's plan to defeat the South; involved naval blockade and getting control over the Mississippi River to split the Confederacy in two |
| First Battle of Bull Run | July 21, 1861; first major battle of the Civil War; Confederacy won this battle |
| Confederate victories | First Battle of Bull Run, Seven Days' Battles, Second Battle of Bull Run, |
| Ulysses S. Grant | general who fought for the Union; Robert E. Lee surrendered to him at Appomattox |
| Union generals | Ulysses S. Grant, George McClellan, William Tecumseh Sherman, Ambrose Burnside, Joseph Hooker, |
| George McClellan | general who fought for the Union |
| Battle of Shiloh | April 6, 1862; Union generals: Sherman and Grant; Confederate generals: Johnston, Beauregard; Union won this battle |
| Seven Days' Battles | June to July 1862; Confederacy won this battle |
| Battle of Antietam | September 17, 1862; bloodiest battle in American history; 25,000 men died or had injuries; McClellan got fired after this battle |
| Emancipation Proclamation | issued on January 1, 1863; freed all slaves in Confederacy |
| 54th Massahusetts Regiment | the most famous regiment of the Civil War; one of first to accept African Americans July 1863-attacked Fort Wagner; attack increased enlistment from African Americans |
| Battle of Gettysburg | July 1 to July 4, 1863; George Pickett of Confederacy led a charge against Union army; Pickett's Charge failed; Union won, but Confederacy wasn't finished off |
| Union victories | Battle of Shiloh, Battle of Gettysburg, Siege of Vicksburg |
| Gettysburg Address | November 19, 1863-Lincoln gave this speech at a cemetery dedication; Lincoln said speech was "a flat failure" but more and more people liked the speech as time went on |
| Siege of Vicksburg | July 4, 1863-Ulysses S. Grant and army laid seige on Vicksburg, Virginia; Vicksburg surrendered |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | led army through Confederacy; took over Atlanta and Savannah |
| Appomattox Court House | April 9, 1865-Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant here |
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