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.