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Civil War

TermDefinition
Fort Sumter Fort in SC that was overtaken by confederates
Jefferson Davis President of the confederates
Anaconda plan Union's plan to strangle south by cutting off trade to Europe
Robert E Lee Confederate general from VA who refused to fight homestate
First Bull Run First major battle of the civil war
Stonewall Jackson Confederate general got shot and killed at Vicksburg
George B McClellan Union general who lost the 1864 election
Clara Barton Nurse who provided medical care to Union soldiers on the front line
William H seward Was expected to win presidential nomination in 1860 but did not
Emancipation Proclamation Executive order that said slaves in Confederate states would be free and allowed black men to join the army
Contraband Captured enemy property
Radical republicans Abolitionists who supported racial equality
Copperheads Northern democrats that were sympathetic to the south and didn't want war
54th Masschusetts First armed troop of black soldiers
Robert Gould Shaw Leader of 54th Massachusetts
Fort Wagner Stormed by 54th Massachusetts although they lost
Conscription National draft system
Richmond Bread Riots Thousands of working class people protesting food shortage by looting and attacking commercial stores
NYC Draft Riots Five day uprising sparked by the first federal draft of the civil war
Ironclads iron covered ships that replaced wooden ships
Shiloh Battle at a small church in Tennessee that let to 25,000 casualties
The Trent Affairs When Confederates sent two diplomats to Britain who got taken down in international waters by an american warship
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