Chapter 16

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Part of the country that had a strong military tradition and could find success fighting a defensive War while fighting on the familiar soil of their homes

South

Rebel forces failed to take the federal Arsenal in blank Missouri

St.Louis

Presidential candidate of 1860 who said there can be no neutrals in this war only Patriots or traitors

Stephen Douglas

Item the north would have to maintain due to the huge distances its armies would have to travel

SupplyLines

Item provided by the union but not by the Confederacy who chose to use ones captured from the Union Army

Tents

Area of the country which included the state of North Carolina Tennessee Virginia and Arkansas all of which chose to secede after Lincoln's call for volunteers

Upper South

Type of armies both the North and South formed at the start of the Civil War

Volunteer

The capture of the Town mentioned above convinced Union blank to reelect Abraham Lincoln

Voters

What people from the South called the Civil War

War of Northern aggression

Location the South hoped to capture while wearing down the North

Washington-dc

Became the last state east of the Mississippi River which form its own government in 1863

West Virginia

The blank was a series of battles designed to capture the Confederate capital of blank and included a battle at blank led by General George Meade

Wilderness Campaign Richmond and Spotsylvania

General Lee's jective was to break the north blank to fight and to convince Other Nation is to blank the Confederacy

Will and recognize

Person in Lincoln's cabinet who proposed that United ever brother north and south to threaten war against Spain and France for interfering in Mexico in the Caribbean

William Seward

General blank moved his Union troops through the blank and avoided defensive attends by Confederate General blank

William Tecumseh Sherman Appalachian Mountains and Joseph Johnston

General who developed strategy to blockade Southern ports and gain control of the Mississippi River

Winfield Scott

Group of 3000 that served as nurses in the Union Army

Women

The decision of General Meade to not follow and crush the retreating Confederate Army angered blank

Abraham Lincoln

After signing up the Mississippi River farragut's forces were able to take the cities of blank Louisiana and blank Mississippi

Baton Rouge and Naches

The union was able to keep control of the mississippi river after winninv the blank

Battle of Pea Ridge

The blank also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing enabled the Union Army to gain greater control of the Mississippi River Valley

Battle of Shiloh

Knife that could be attached to the barrel of a rifle

Bayonet

Slave state of Delaware Kentucky Maryland and Missouri which shows not to secede

Border states

The Confederates tried unsuccessfully to use blank in an attempt to destroy the ships of Admiral Farragut

Burning rafts

Northern Draft

C

Prisoners of the war

C

Union troops for pushed out of Gettysburg and formed a defensive position on blank and Colts Hill opposition that General blank failed to push them off

Cemetery Ridge and Richard s ewell

On the last day of the battle General Lee decided to attack the blank of the Union line of cemetery Ridge

Center

The Admiral mentioned above used blank to protect his ships and mud and trees to blank them will attempting to race past the forts

Chains and the disguise

General Irvin McDowell LED his army of 35,000 well-trained troops in capturing the Confederate capital of Mount Gomery Alabama and celebrated by allowing his men to have a picnic after the battle was completed

False

McDonald capture the railroad Junction of Manassas after crossing the creek called Bull Run and defeating troops under the command of General PGT Beauregard

False

Once the union troops for the Rebel Yell of the Confederate they decided to surrender

False

The British to the captured Union steamship the Merrimack and turn it into the Ironclad Virginia an action which violated the British government's pledge of neutrality

False

The easily maintained union Naval blockade seriously damage the economy of the South by preventing them from selling or receiving Goods

False

The seven days battle or a series of confrontations which led to the union capture of Richmond

False

The union was able to claim victory at the Battle of Antietam after George McClellan use his reverse force of four divisions to defeat the reserves forces of Robert E Lee

False

The union was able to win the Second Battle of Bull Run by successfully defending an unfinished railroad grade

False

The victory by the Confederacy at the First Battle of Bull Run also known as the first battle of Manassas allow the Confederate Army to capture Washington DC

False

Walkaide Runners used by the South were able to make up for the South loss of trading but traveling to the Bahamas or Nassau to buy supplies for the Confederacy

False

Well the North had most of the Navy's small Fleet and Minnie experience naval officers me industrial strength of the South enable them to build mini ships

False

When the union troops realize an additional ten thousand Confederate troops had arrived under the command of General Joseph Johnston they quickly retreated to Washington

False

Federal Outpost commanded by Major Robert Anderson bombarded by Confederate artillery for 34 hours which began the Civil War

Fort Sumter

The entrance to the city mentioned above was guarded by two blank both of which Admiral David Farragut was unable to destroy

Forts and David Farragut

The tactic of the person mentioned above to attack Richmond by way of blank Virginia surprise General Robert E Lee who had blank his army of 78,000 men

Fredericksburg and divided

On July 4th 1863 the same day on which the Battle of Gettysburg and did confederate general blank surrendered Vicksburg and General Grant immediately sent blank to the civilians and soldiers

John C Pemberton and food

General blank was made commander of the army of Potomac but he also failed to defeat the Confederate Army when his troops were attacked at blank

Joseph Hecker and Chancellorsville

The 20th Maine led by Colonel blank prevented the 15th Alabama Bama led by Colonel Glenn from taking the Strategic Battlefield site of blank which was located on the left side of the Union line

Joshua Chamberlain William oats and little round top

Lack of this item was a problem with most of the school teachers farmers and laborers that volunteered to fight for specially in the North

Military training

The arrival of additional Union forces help push Confederate forces back into blank

Mississippi

The main union strategy in the West Was the control of the blank which would cut off Food Supplies from Arkansas Louisiana and blank to the South and would allow for a tax on Southern communication and blank Networks

Mississippi River Texas and transportation

The gateway to the Mississippi River was the port city of blank

New Orleans

Part of the country that had more people more railroad mileage more factories and more money

North

We hope to join other road trips in blank but was unable to break through Union lines after being blank

North Carolina and surrounded

After the surrender of Lee to Grant at blank Virginia Grant promised Lee that his troops would be blank allowed to keep their blank and not be tried for blank

Appomattox Courthouse fed horses and treason

Union forces defeated Confederate forces in the future for western states of Colorado and blank

Arizona

President Lincoln replace George B McClellan as the commander of the blank with General blank due to the lack of aggression

Army of the Potomac and Ambrose Burnside

Prior to attacking Cemetery Ridge the Confederate blank bombard of the Union artillery and mistakenly blank they mysteriously damaged it

Artillery and assumed

Much of blank an important railroad link and Industrial Center was destroyed by artillery and blank

Atlanta and Fire

African amerians in the civil war

B

Civilian Life

B

Copperheads

B

Grant stop the Union forces from blank their Victory and said that the rebels are our blank again

Cheering and countrymen

Blank Indians fought with the Confederacy in Missouri hoping to gain greater blank

Cherokee and freedom

Due to the geographical barriers such as a 200-foot high blank and deep blank surrounding it blank Mississippi on the Mississippi River was impossible to invade

Cliff's gorgeous and Vicksburg

The Union Army suffered 7000 casualties at the Battle of blank the worst defeat of General Grant which blank his plan to capture Richmond

Cold Harbor and delayed

Even though the Confederates were able to take a few trenches of blank their assault on Cemetery Ridge was unsuccessful

Colts Hill

Both the union and the blank which combined suffered about 20,000 blank claimed victory at the Battle of Shiloh

Confederacy and casualties

Idea that Great Britain would support the Confederacy because it needed the South Raw cotton to supply it's booming textile industry

Cotton diplomacy

Life on the battlefield

D

We would have rather die a thousand blank than surrender to Grant

Deaths

Rather than shut up his blanket worked on drilling his new recruits which led to a blank assault by Rebel forces

Defenses and surprise

Almost 60 mm Americans blank during the Civil War which ended blank in the South but left a tremendous amount of blank

Died slavery and hostility

What the success or failure of a regiment often depended on during a battle

Discipline

The first woman to receive a license to practice medicine who pressured for the Lincoln to form the US Sanitary Commission

Elizabeth Blackwell

Type of weapon mentioned above that most soldiers favored

Enfield

1 McClelland was occupied with the Peninsular campaign Stonewall Jackson was able to capture Washington DC

False

After President Lincoln grow impatient with him General McClellan Marched directly south to attack the Confederate Capital Richmond Virginia the series of battles call the Peninsular campaign

False

After being seriously damaged by the Merrimack and the monitor with Drew which allowed for the sinking of several other Union wooden warships

False

After finding a copy of the Confederate battle plan McClellan decided to attack immediately before the 4th of Stonewall Jackson were able to reunite with those of Robert E Lee

False

After splitting his forces Robert E Lee LED troops in capturing Harpers Ferry the same time and what she had helped put down the slave revolt of John Brown

False

Lee's troops ran into Cavalry of newly appointed General blank will searching for supplies and action which began the blank

George G Meade and Battle of Gettysburg

General blank led a Confederate assault made up of three blank

George Pickett and divisions

Several months after the Battle of Gettysburg President Lincoln gave blank which praised The Bravery of the Union Soldiers and renewed his blank to winning the war

Gettysburg address and commitment

Lee invaded into Pennsylvania and gathered at blank balek Beitel information due to the failure of Cavalry Chief blank to do his job

Gettysburg and Jeb Stuart

What many young soldiers had visions of making them eager to fight

Glory

People who Lincoln called for 75000 militiamen to put down the Rebellion started by the South

Governors

Color of uniform of the Confederate Army chose replacing the personal clothing of most troops

Gray

With the help of Navy blank Grant's Army of the Tennessee captured for Andrea on the blank River and Fort blank on the Cumberland River

Gunboats Tennessee and Donelson

Country alone with Egypt or Great Britain was able to obtain large supplies of cotton during the Civil War and action which damaged the idea mentioned above

India

Confederate general plank felt that the Confederate Army should take up a blank position rather than attack the strong position of the union strategy that blank did not agree with

James Longstreet defensive and Robert E Lee

Confederate forces under the newly appointed General blank were unable to prevent Union troops from laying blank to Atlanta

John Bell hood and Siege

During Sherman's blank he practice blank which included destroy a rail raise Bridges crops livestock and any other blank that would damage the South's ability to fight

March to the Sea Total War and resources

Member of Lincoln's family who had four brothers from Kentucky who fought for the Confederacy

Mary Lincoln

Sherman's Army left behind a blank 60 miles wide on the way towards blank Georgia in action which led to anger and blank that lasted Generations

Past Savannah and resentment

The 15,000 men who took part in blank suffered severe losses during a mile long walk

Pickett's Charge

Burnside's forces were delayed in crossing the blank which allowed the Confederate forces to reunite which ended and heavy casualties Union forces and a blank to break the Confederate line

Rappahannock River and failure

Facing blank link and was disappointed by grants failure to capture the key railroad Junction of blank Virginia

Reelection and Petersburg

Union blank prevented the rebels from reaching their goal and then flicked it about 7500 blank on them

Reinforcements and casualties

What soldiers were expected to load aim and Fire 3 times in one minute

Rifles

Geographic features which served as a natural defense which caused Northern General to attack from the side rather than from the front

Rivers

Item watch Abraham Lincoln refused to recognize even while saying that he would not end slavery where it existed nor declare war on the south

Secession

General Grant waited for the arrival of the army of the Ohio near blank and Tennessee while the rebel Army under the command of blank was at nearby Corinth Mississippi

Shiloh Church and Albert Sidney Johnston

General Grant decided to defeat Vicksburg by Lang blank to it a strategy which caused the residents and soldiers there to rely on eating horses dogs and blank

Siege and rats

The Confederacy suffered a major loss during the battle mansion above when General blank was accidentally shot by his own troops and died a few days later

Thomas Stonewall Jackson

Valuable blank were kept in missouri and kansas to defend forts and towns from blank forces

Troops and pro-confederate

After winning the second battle of Manassas Robert E Lee decided to attack into the North

True

Although Union General George B McClellan commander of the army of the Potomac and a highly disciplined for cement he often overestimated the size of the Confederate forces that he met which caused him to be hesitant in battle

True

Combined casualties of the Union and Confederate forces at the Battle of Antietam exceeded 25,000

True

General John Pope ordered by a frustrated President Lincoln net forces under Stonewall Jackson well attempting to join up with the forces under the command of McClellan

True

Lee's proclamation to the people of Maryland was unsuccessful in getting those people to abandon the Union

True

Newly appointed commander of the Confederate Army in Virginia West Point graduate and Veteran of the Mexican war Robert E Lee confused the Union Army by taking risks and making unpredictable moves

True

The Battle of Sharpsburg was the bloodiest single day Battle in u.s. History combining for more deaths than the Revolutionary War the War of 1812 and Mexican-American War

True

The Confederate troops were driven back with the exception of those under the command of General Thomas Stonewall

True

The Merrimack was able to sail into Hampton Roads Virginia and sink to wooden war ships of the Union will suffering minor damage to itself

True

The dawn of the ironclads revolutionize Naval Warfare making wooden war ships powered by wind obsolete

True

The union retreat turned into scattered chaos partly as a result of clogged roads filled with fancy carriages of Spectators who had come to witness the battle

True

Union Ironclad the monitor built by swedish-born John Erickson was described as a tin can on a shingle and possess powerful guns and thick plating

True

The Union victory at Gettysburg was a blank in the war and combined with the Union victory at blank may Northerners believe the war could be won and ended the South search for blank influence in the war

Turning Point Vicksburg and foreign

although Union forces suffered blank as many casualties as Confederate forces Ranch and knew that he would get Replacements while Lee will not

Twice

Lincoln impressed the success to General blank in the west brought him East and made him commander of the army

Ulysses S Grant

Union general ________ much prefered being on the attack as oppose to being on the defensive

Ulysses S Grant

Grant received the nickname which you to the Nationals on blank after telling the commander before mentioned above those were his terms for his surrender

Unconditional surrender


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