Vocab: Civil War
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| Secede | To break away from
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| Fort Sumter | Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War
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| Confederacy | Alliance of southern states that seceded from the Union over slavery
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| Union | A general term for the United States during the Civil War which also was used to refer to the Northern army.
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| Jefferson Davis | An American politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history from 1861 to 1865 during the American Civil War.
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| Robert E. Lee | A former union general that joined the South after Virginia seceded. He was in charge of the Confederate Army, and led it to many victories
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| Ulysses S. Grant | An American general and the eighteenth President of the United States (1869-1877). He achieved international fame as the leading Union general in the American Civil War.
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| Abraham Lincoln | 16th President of the United States saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves; was assassinated by Booth (1809-1865)
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| Border States | In the Civil War the states between the North and the South that allowed slavery, but did not join the Confederacy: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
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| Richmond, Virginia | Capital of the Confederacy
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| Yankees | Nickname granted to soldiers in the Union.
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| Rebels | Another name for the Confederates
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| Johnny Reb | Slang for a Confederate soldier or army during the war.
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| Billy Yank | The personification of the Union. Sort of the opposite of Johnny Reb.
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