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Chap12 History
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Importance of fort Sumter for the North | Lincoln wanted to show that he was willing to protect Federal property even if it was located in a seceded state. |
| Results of Lincoln's call for troops after Fort Sumter | Four more states seceded to the confederacy, bringing the total to 11. (Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee, & Virginia) |
| Union Troops at the first Battle of Bull Run | Very poorly trained, retreated to Washington. |
| Joseph E. Johnston | Confederate general who led southern forces at first Battle of Bull Run. |
| Anaconda Plan | Union strategy to put a chokehold on southern forces by blockading southern ports |
| POW Camps | The condition of these camps, north and south, were considered the most horrific of any event during the civil war |
| Matthew Brady | A famous civil War photographer whose battlefield photos shocked the country, especially the north. |
| Mary Boykin Chestnut | a southern gal who kept a journal during the civil War, and in later years published same. |
| Clara Barton | A Union Army nurse, after the war founded the American Red Cross |
| Draft exemptions and the Confederacy | Rich land owners were exempt, poor farmers and other workers were left to do most of the fighting in the South |
| Sally Louisa Tompkins | South's counterpart to Clara Barton, she was made an officer in the confederate army so her hospital could be classified as a Military hospital. |
| Battle of Shiloh | |
| New orleans | |
| David Farragut | |
| Lincoln & Mc Clellan | |
| James E.B. "Jeb" Stuart | |
| Battle of Antietam | |
| Martain Delany | |
| Ambrose E.Burnside and Antietam | |
| Burnside & Fredericksburg | |
| Jackson at Chancellorsville | |
| George Meade | |
| Vicksburg & Port Hudson | |
| War of Attrition |