1. The civil war

2. Confederates vs. union
Union Soldiers were characterized by their Navy Uniforms
Southern soldiers often wore grey but brown and green were also common colors.

3. The union (North) States
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
California
Massachusetts
Oregon
Connecticut
Kansas
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Maine
Nevada
Michigan
Iowa
Ohio
Illinois
Minnesota
Indiana
Wisconsin
Vermont

4. Confederate (South) States
South Carolina
Louisiana
North Carolina
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
Tennessee
Virginia
Texas
Arkansas
Florida

5. Border States (states that allowed slavery but did not leave the union)
Missouri
Kentucky
Delaware
Maryland
West Virginia

6. Vocabulary
Secession – the act of amending state constitutions in the South to break away from the United States
Abolition – the removal and end of Slavery
Emancipation – the freeing of slaves in states in open rebellion against the United States
Habeas Corpus – The rule of law about being detained without trial

7. Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States
Leader of the Union during the Civil War

8. William Tecumseh Sherman
Union General during the Civil War
Close friend with Ulysses S Grant
Was placed in charge of the Union Army in the Southwest
“Sherman’s March to the Sea” fought and marched through Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean

9. Ulysses S Grant
Promoted to 5 Star General during the Civil War (1st since George Washington)
He succeeded a long list of failed Union Generals
Top Military Commander of All Union Armies
Main task was to defeat General Lee

10. Jefferson Davis Elected President of the Confederacy
Only President of the Confederate States

11. Robert E Lee Military Leader from Virginia
Was originally offered the command of the union Army but turned it down
“If Virginia leaves the Union so I also go.”
Was later given command of the Confederate Army – The Army of Northern Virginia
One of the most famous military leaders of the war

12. Thomas J “Stonewall” Jackson
Leader of a Southern Army under the command of Robert E Lee
Was famous for splitting his army and defeating much larger Union armies
Won battles outnumbered as much as 60,000 Union Soldiers to 17,000 Confederate Soldiers