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History Ch. 11 Vocab
vocab
Definition | Term |
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legal order for an inquiry to determine if a person has been lawfully imprisoned | habeas corpus |
the act of wearing down by constant harassment or attack | attrition |
one of the best senior officers in the US Army, resigned his position to lead the Confederacy, from Virginia | Robert E. Lee |
required people to enter military service | conscription |
aka Peace Democrats, opposed the war and wanted to negotiate and reunite the states | Copperheads |
ministers | James Mason and John Slidell |
attempt by the South to get support for the war | Trent Affair |
military strategy by the North to attack the South | Anaconda plan |
given as a reward to encourage enlistment in the Army | bounty |
ships that run through a blockade to smuggle goods through a protected area | blockade runner |
one of the most effective commanders in the Confederate army - nicknamed after the Battle of Bull Run | "Stonewall" Jackson |
Union Commander - decided to retreat at Bull Run | Irwin McDowell |
veteran of the War of 1812 and the War with Mexico, commanded 42 Union warships - became a hero for the North | David G. Farragut |
Union General - victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg | Ulysses S. Grant |
led the Union army in the east | George B. McClellan |
decree freeing all slaves | Emancipation Proclamation |
1st African American regiments officially recognized; fought near Charleston Harbor - lost nearly half of their soldiers | 54th Massachusetts |
1st female physician in the US, started the nation's 1st training program for nurses | Elizabeth Blackwell |
organization that provided medical assistance and supplies to Army camps and hospitals | United States Sanitary Commission |
commandant at Andersonville Prison Camp - the only person executed for war crimes during the Civil War | Henry Wirz |
battlefield nurse | Clara Barton |
to search or raid for food | forage |
military blockade of a city or fortified place to force it to surrender | siege |
ordered by Grant to distract Confederate troops so Grant could move troops into position to take Vicksburg | Benjamin Grierson |
hired by Lincoln when McClellan was fired to lead the Union Army | Ambrose Burnside |
hired to lead the Union Army, to defeat Lee, when Burnside was fired | Joseph Hooker |
attack by the South ordered by Lee, assault by 15,000 men under George Pickett and A.P. Hill, resulted in 7,000 casualties in less than 30 minutes for South | Picketts Charge |
ordered by Grant to attack Confederates - Battle of Chattanooga - led destructive raids through the state of GA | William Tecumseh Sherman |
to loot or plunder | pillage |
authorization to act...given to a representative | mandate |
ordered by Grant to raid Richmond, VA | Philip Sheridan |
nickname given to the destruction, by Gen. Sherman, of the roads and railways that led to Atlanta | Sherman Neckties |
path of destruction through GA, destroyed homes, crops, and livestock, led by Gen Sherman | March to the Sea |
banned slavery | 13th ammendment |
place where Lee surrendered to Grant - Civil War ended | Appomattox Courthouse |
assassinated Lincoln | John Wilkes Booth |