Confederate General who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force.

A general for northern command of the army of the Potomac in 1861, Lincoln fired him twice.

A union general whose march to sea caused destruction to the South.

Union naval admiral whose fleet captured New Orleans and Baton Rouge.

illegal traffic, smuggled goods

Battle that gave the Union control of the Mississippi

Admiral that ran Grant's army past the guns of Vickburg.

United States General in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville, by Robert E. Lee

U.S army officer, general in the Confederate states army known for participation in the futile and bloody assault on Gettysburg. He led the troops a mile and a half run where they were then defeated by the Union army.

Nathan Bedford Forest

Confederate calvary leader who later became a grand wizard of the Ku Kluk Klan

Union general that marched, through Virginia, destroying farms, livestock, crops and anything else in his path.

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Term	Definition
Robert E. Lee	Confederate General who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force.
George McClellan	A general for northern command of the army of the Potomac in 1861, Lincoln fired him twice.
William T. Sherman	A union general whose march to sea caused destruction to the South.
David Farragut	Union naval admiral whose fleet captured New Orleans and Baton Rouge.
Contraband	illegal traffic, smuggled goods
A military draft	Conscription
Battle of Vicksburg	Battle that gave the Union control of the Mississippi
David Porter	Admiral that ran Grant's army past the guns of Vickburg.
Joseph Hooker	United States General in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville, by Robert E. Lee
George Pickett	U.S army officer, general in the Confederate states army known for participation in the futile and bloody assault on Gettysburg. He led the troops a mile and a half run where they were then defeated by the Union army.
Nathan Bedford Forest	Confederate calvary leader who later became a grand wizard of the Ku Kluk Klan
Philip Sheridan	Union general that marched, through Virginia, destroying farms, livestock, crops and anything else in his path.

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