| Term | Definition |
|---|
| West Point | College for most Civil War generals |
| Minnie Ball | Battlefield success improved with the increased accuracy of the ______, 100 to 400 yards |
| England & France | Lee hoped a win in the North (Maryland) would lead to support for CSA from _________ |
| William T. Sherman | Union general who had three horses shot out from under him; also famous for his March to the Sea |
| Factories | Union advantage - 85% located in the North |
| Ironclads | New technology in Civil War - iron plated ships |
| Civilians | People not in the military |
| Contractor | Private supplier |
| Bull Run | First real battle fought outside Washington, DC; also known as Manassas |
| Border States | Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri |
| Richmond, VA | Confederate capital |
| Kentucky | Home state for Abe Lincoln and Jefferson Davis |
| Hygiene | Conditions and practices that promote health |
| David Farragut | Union general who captured New Orleans |
| Pierre Beauregarde | CSA general at Bull Run |
| West Virginia | Admitted as a state in 1863; where Harpers Ferry is now located |
| Sumter | Charleston fort where the first shots were fired |
| Albert Johnston | CSA general killed at Shiloh |
| Thomas Jackson | CSA general at Bull Run |
| Potomac | River which separated Confederate Virginia from Washington, DC |
| Sectionalism | Loyalty to a state or state instead of the entire country |
| Monitor | Union iron-clad ship |
| Yankees | Another name for Union soldiers |
| Offensive | Position of attacking or the attack itself |
| Hardtack | Hard, tough cracker eaten by both Confederate and Union soldiers |
| Robert Anderson | Union general at Fort Sumter |
| Emancipation Proclamation | One of the effects of Lee's unsuccessful invasion of the North at Antietam |
| Merrimack | Confederate iron-clad ship |
| Washington, DC | Union capital city |
| Siege | Military blockade of an enemy town or position in order to force it to surrender |
| Trench Warfare | New fighting strategy - protection from opponents by digging into the earth - used at Petersburg, VA |
| Maryland | State where the Battle of Antietam was fought |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederate general from Virginia |
| Anaconda | Union strategy to defeat the South |
| Baseball | Popular game played by both Union and Confederate soldiers |
| Mississippi River | Union goal to capture and split the Confederacy |
| Railroads | 70% of the nation's _______ located in the North |
| Blockade | Cut off an area by means of troops or warships to stop supplies or people from coming in or going out; to close off a country's ports |
| Casualties | Troops killed or wounded in battle |
| Abe Lincoln | U.S. President during the Civil War |
| Ulysses Grant | Union chief commander at the end of the war; won battles at Vicksburg, Shiloh, Fort Henry, and Fort Donelson |
| CSA | Abbreviation for Southern States |
| Antietam | Union victory here led to the Emancipation Proclamation; bloodiest day in American history |
| Peace Talks | Lee hoped his invasion of Maryland would force Lincoln into __________ |
| Irwin McDowell | Union general at Bull Run |
| Shiloh | Bloody battle fought in TN; won by Grant |
| Elmira | Prison camp in New York |
| Andersonville | Prison camp in Georgia |
| Rebels | Another name for the Confederates |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederacy |
| Uprising | Rebellion |
| Stonewall | Nickname for Southern general who brought reinforcements to Bull Run; killed at Chancellorsville |
| Population | CSA advantage - 22 million to 5.5 million |
| Enlist | Join the armed services |
| George McClellan | Union general and candidate for President in 1864 |
| Plunder | Steal from; ransack |
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