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Chapter 17: The Civil War Vocabulary. Battle of Bull Run battle won by the Confederates and Stonewall Jackson.

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1 Chapter 17: The Civil War Vocabulary

2 Battle of Bull Run battle won by the Confederates and Stonewall Jackson

3 conscription drafting of civilians to serve in the army

4 Copperhead northern Democrat who wanted to make peace with the Confederacy during the Civil War

5 Robert E. Lee Confederate general who defended Richmond from attack

6 Stonewall Jackson Confederate general who got his nickname from standing as strong as a stone wall in battle

7 Fort Pillow site where 200 African American war prisoners were killed

8 Ulysses S. Grant Union general who after heavy Union and Confederate losses captured victory at Shiloh

9 David G. Farragut commander of the Union navy who captured the port of New Orleans

10 George McClennan first Union general appointed by Lincoln to lead Union troops

11 Merrimack Confederate ironclad ship

12 Monitor Union ironclad ship

13 Fort Sumter Union fort in Charleston, South Carolina that was seized by the Confederate troops and became the beginning of the Civil War

14 Antietam bloodiest battle of the war in Maryland. Union troops forced Lee to retreat but did not chase them. Lincoln fired McClellan soon after

15 Anaconda Plan three-part plan Union plan to win the Civil War which was 1) blockade southern ports so they couldn't get supplies 2) split the Confederacy in two near the Mississippi River 3) capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia

16 habeas corpus court order that says people in jail need to appear in court and told why they are in jail

17 Emancipation Proclamation order issued by Lincoln freeing slaves in the Confederacy

18 income tax tax that takes a percentage of an individual's income used to pay for the war

19 Andersenville Confederate war camp that was overcrowded

20 Clara Barton Union nurse who started the Red Cross


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