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Chapter 16 Vocab VK
| Definition | Word |
|---|---|
| Fort on the harbor of Charleston South Carolina | Ft. Sumter |
| The leader of the Confederate Army | Robert Lee |
| Slave states that bordered states that slavery was illegal | Border state |
| Term used for the value of cotton in the south | King Cotton |
| Plan that was to capture the surrounding parts of the confederacy and then attack the center | Anaconda Plan |
| Armed forces that prevent the transportation of goods and people | Blockade |
| A battle between the confederacy and the Union north of Manassas | First Battle of Bull Run |
| conditions and practices that promote health | Hygiene |
| gun with a grooved barrel | Rifle |
| bullet with a hollow base | Minie ball |
| warships covered with iron | Ironclad |
| union general | Ulysses S. Grant |
| Tennessee based fight on April 26, 1862 which was one of the most brutal fights in the war | Battle of Shiloh |
| soldiers on horseback | Cavalry |
| An attack by Lee's men on the Union that lasted for a week | Seven Days' Battle |
| Bloodiest day in the war where 25,000 people died or got wounded | Battle of Antietam |