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USVA 7 Vocab

Civil War and Reconstruction Vocabulary -JGH

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Successful lawyer and politician. Republican. Believed in legislation to end slavery. Elected president of the United States. Abraham Lincoln
Former senator of Mississippi, elected president of the Confederacy after the South's secession. Jeffereson Davis
The Confederate States of America, a confederation formed in 1861 by the Southern states after their secession from the Union. Confederacy
The first battle with major bloodshed. Won by the Confederate Army. Bull Run
Fort in the Confederacy that remained in Union hands. Jefferson Davis chose to attack this fort and it was lost to the Confederacy. Fort Sumter
Union Army general. Strong military leader. People said his initals stood for "Unconditional Surrender. Ulysses S. Grant
Nickname for Thomas Jackson who fought for the Confederacy. He served as a model soldier because he stood tall. Stonewall Jackson
Ironclad ships that could splinter wooden ships, withstand cannon fire, and resist burning. Monitor and Merrimack
Confederate troops surprsied Union forces, but general Grant prepared a counter attack and won the battle. Bloody battle. Showed the need for scouts, trenches, and fortifications. Shilo
Battle between Confederate and Union troops. The clash prooved to be the bloodiest battle in American history. Won by the Union army. Antietam
Commander of a Confederate army. Modest. He had opposed secession. Declined an offer to head the Union army. Robert E. Lee
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