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Chapter 18: The Civil War

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Horizontales
a type of war in which an army destroys its opponent’s ability to fight by targeting civilian and economic as well as military resources
the first major battle of the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory; showed that the Civil War would not be won easily
a slave state that lay between the North and the South and did not join the Confederacy during the Civil War; Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were border states
a group of northern Democrats who opposed abolition and sympathized with the South during the Civil War
a warship that is heavily armored with iron
an order issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing the slaves in areas rebelling against the Union; took effect January 1, 1863
American soldier, he refused to head the Union Army and agreed to lead Confederate forces. He won several major battles until his defeat at Gettysburg. He surrendered to the Union’s commander General Grant at Appomattox Courthouse.
American general, he served as commander in the Mexican War and used a two-part strategy against the South in the Civil War; he wanted to destroy the South’s economy with a naval blockade and gain control of the Mississippi River
Verticales
American Union army officer, his capture of Atlanta, Georgia, and his March to the Sea marked an important turning point in the war
a series of battles between Union and Confederate forces in northern and central Virginia that delayed the Union capture of Richmond
a Civil War battle in which the Confederate army forced most of the Union army out of Virginia
African American Civil War regiment that captured Fort Wagner in South Carolina
a Union victory in the Civil War that marked the bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. military history
the location where General Robert E. Lee was forced to surrender, thus ending the Civil War
the constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment
American general in the Confederate army, he was famed for Pickett’s Charge, a failed but heroic effort at Cemetery Ridge in the Battle of Gettysburg, often considered a turning point of the Civil War
Freeing of the slaves
a series of Civil War battles in which Confederate army successes forced the Union army to retreat from Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital
an escaped slave who joined the Union army during the Civil War
Eighteenth president of the United States, he received a field promotion to lieutenant general in charge of all Union forces after leading a successful campaign in the West. He accepted General Lee’s surrender of Confederate forces at Appomattox Courthouse.