The Battle Of Shiloh
Total war
A type of war in which the Army destroys an opponents' ability t fight by targeting civilian and military as well as economic resources.
Fort Sumpter
A federal outpost in charleston South Carolina that was attacked by Confederate troops in1861. Beginning the Civil War
Cotton Diplomacy
Confederate efforts to use the importance of southern cotton to Britain's textile industry to persuade the British to support the Confederacy in the Civil War
The Battle Of Gettysburg
The Battle Of Gettysburg was a 3 day battle in Pennsylvania which was a union victory and turned the tide against the confederates in the civil war.
The Battle Of Shiloh
The Battle Of Shiloh was a battle in Tennessee where the union gained greater control over the Mississippi River Valley.
The battle Of Antietam
The battle Of Antietam was a union victory in the civil war that marked the bloodiest single-day battle in US history.
Robert E. Lee
Was the commanding general of the Confederate Army. He was, at one time, a general in the US Army before the war.
Ulysses S. Grant
Was the commanding general of the union (nortern) Army.
The First Battle Of Bull Run
Was the first major battle of the civil war, resulting in a confederacy victory . It showed the civil war would not be won easily,.
Border States
Were slave states that lay between the north and the south, but did not join the confederacy during the civil war.
Ironclads
Were war ships that were heavily armed with iron.