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vocab quiz 3/4-3/8
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Fort Sumter | April 1861 First shots of Civil War fired at Ft Sumter, causing Union Major Robert Anderson and his troops to surrender to the Confederacy. Confederacy Wins |
| Bull Run | July 1861 Lincoln ordered Union troops to attack Confederate troops stationed at Bull Run (too close to DC - made the Union nervous). Union flees back to Washington D.C. - Confederacy wins |
| Shiloh | April 1862 Union wanted to capture a Confederate railroad center in MS - two day battle along a sunken road, resulting in 23,000+ casualties Union finds a defensive position - Confederacy withdraws - Union wins |
| Antietam | September 1862 Considered bloodiest day in American military history with over 22,000 casualties - Union General McClellan attacked General Lee's Confederate army at Antietam Creek in Maryland South retreated - Union Wins |
| Chancellorsville | April-May 1863 Considered Conf. General Robert E. Lee's "perfect battle" and greatest victory, his outnumbered army defeated the Union Army of the Potomac. This battle let Lee invade Pennsylvania, leading to Battle of Gettysburg Confederacy wins |
| Gettysburg | July 1863 Three day battle on Northern soil (Pennsylvania) - South lost 28,000 men Union wins |
| Vicksburg | May-July 1863 Last major city on the Mississippi River still under Confederate control - Union General Grant orders a siege of the city, surround and bombard it for 47 days. Confederacy surrenders, Union wins |
| Fort Wagner | July 1863 Union tried to take the Fort in order to take back Fort Sumter. Without Fort Sumter, they wouldn't be able to take Charleston (heart of South Carolina). Confederacy wins. |
| Sherman's March to the Sea | November-December 1864 March led by Union General William Tecumseh Sherman towards Atlanta, Georgia, leaving a 300 mile-long path of destruction (burned buildings, took livestock, destroyed railroad tracks). Sherman ordered Atlanta burned. Union wins |
| Appomattox Court House | April 1865 Union General Grant's troops take control of Confederate capital (Richmond, VA) - Confederate army retreat Union wins |
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