HISTORY CH. 14 VOCAB
Jeb Stuart
Confederate Lee's eyes and ears for union activity
Bummers
Confederate and Union deserters
George Pickens
Confederate general at Gettysburg
Robert E. Lee
Confederate general commander of northern Virginia army
James Longstreet
Confederate general fighting at Gettysburg
P.G.T. Beauregard
Confederate general joined by Johnson at Manasas junction
Stonewall Jackson
Confederate general that prevents the union from seizing Richmond; wins 1st battle of bull run
Chancellorsville
Confederate victory
Fredericksburg
Confederate victory in Virginia
Appomattox
Courthouse where Lee surrendered
Andrew Johnson
Democrat from Tennessee. Lincoln's running mate
Joseph E. Johnston
Developed the confederate defense strategy
Twenty negro law
Exempted any planter or overseer that had 20+ slaves
Pickets charge
Final attack on union lines. This is a failure
1st Battle of Bull Run
First Manasses confederate victory
William Sherman
General that helped and worked with grant
Providence
Gods control over all events
Total war
Includes military and civilians
Emancipation proclamation
Lincoln freed the slaves
Ulysses S. Grant
Major factor in the capture of the Mississippi; union general
Antietam
Maryland union victory
Commissions
Private volunteer groups
March to the Sea
Sherman's march from Atlanta to Savanna and cut the south in half
blockade runners
Small ships that the south developed to sneak past the blockade to transport things
Vicksburg
The last strong hold that the confederates have that can hold control of the river
Fighting Joe Hooker
(Union soldier) nickname given at battle of Chancellorsville
Second Battle of Bull Run
2nd manases confederate victory
Bounty
A bonus to join the army
Conscription
A draft to raise a national army
The wilderness
A heavily wooded area west of Fredericksburg
David Farragut
Admiral of the union navy that captured New Orleans
John Wilkes Booth
An actor and a confederate sympathizer who killed Lincoln
Chickamauga
Bloodiest battle in west union victory
Anaconda plan
To force seceded states back into the union
Matthew Brady
Took photos of the civil war
War of Attrition
Two sides fighting until one side runs out of resources
George Meade
Union General almost defeated Lee at Gettysburg
Philip Sheridan
Union General that destroyed Lee's food supply in the Shenandoah Valley
Irvin McDowell
Union general ordered to take Richmond, Virginia's confederate capitol
George McClellan
Union general rebuild union army ordered to take Richmond
John pope
Union general replace McClellan; loses 2nd battle run
Ambrose Burnside
Union replaced McClellan
Gettysburg
Union victory
Naval blockade
lincoln ordered this to the coast from South Carolina to the Mexican border
George Thomas
nicknamed the "Rock of Chickamauga"