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CWAR and RECON
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Robert E Lee | West Point Graduate and Confederate general from Virginia who was initially meant to fight with the Union |
| General McClellan | The main Union general before Grant. He was fired by Lincoln for failing to take Richmond, VA and later ran against him for president in 1864. |
| Ulysses S Grant | Union general after the firing of General McClellan. Was known as "The Butcher" and was accused of being drunk during battle. Later became president. |
| Copperheads | A political party that arose in 1860 that opposed the Civil War and wanted immediate peace. Also known as Peace Democrats. |
| Sherman's March to The Sea | A march lead by General William Tecumseh Sherman through Georgia in which the Union Army burnt cities to the ground and purposefully targeted civilian infrastructure |
| Battle of Gettysburg | A Union Victory known for having the largest amount of causalities of the entire war. It also described as the turning point of the war |
| Battle of Bull Run | Also known as the Battle of Manassas. A Confed. victory where General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson ordered troops to stand their ground like a stone wall. |
| Antietam | The battle took place in Maryland and ended Lee's attempt to invade the North. This battle lead to the Emancipation Proclamation. |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Issued by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Antietam which stated that all slaves in the confederate states would be free. Led to southern outcry. |
| Gettysburg Address | An address speech given by Lincoln dedicated to those who lost their lives during the Battle of Gettysburg |
| Fort Sumter | A fort best known for being the location of the first shots of the Civil War. |
| Border States | Border states (Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and West Virginia) were slave states that did not join the Confederacy. |
| Army of the West | a formation of the Confed. army that was apart of the Mississippi Army and was founded by Earl Von Dorn. |
| Election of 1860 | Abraham Lincoln was elected president for his first term. This election led to increased tension due to many slave states fearing what Lincoln would do in office. |
| Election of 1864 | Abe Lincoln and George McClellan ran against one another. Lincoln won mostly due to McClellan running on the platform of negotiation with the south. |
| Secession | The action of withdrawing from a federation or body. The Confederacy claimed that secession was a states right. |
| Crittenden Compromise | An unsuccessful proposal to make slavery a constitutional right so that it would become unconstitutional to make slavery illegal. |
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