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Anaconda Plan
11/16/2012
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11/16/2012

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Anaconda Plan
Definition
Lincoln's naval blockade of the south
Term
Ironclad
Definition

a wooden ship covered in iron plates

have the effect of making plain wooden ships obselete

Term
Battle of 1st Bull Run
Definition

July 26, 1861

 

 1st Major infantry battle of the civil war

 

also known as first manasses

Term
Robert E. Lee
Definition

asked to command the Union army

turns down union army

Leader of the army of northern Virginia

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East
Definition

Army of the Potomac

vs.

Army of Northern Virginia

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Thomas "stonewall" Jackson
Definition

 

 

Robert E. Lee's Right hand man

 

Term

Seven Days Campaign

 

Definition

 

sets the stage for invasion of the north

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Battle of Antietam
Definition

 

single bloodiest day in American History

considered Union victory because it haults Lee's advance into Maryland

 

Term
Emancipation Proclamation
Definition

frees all slaves in states in rebellion

there are four slave states still in the union in which it doesn't free

Term
Ambroise Burnside
Definition

marched union army to frederickburg

 

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Battle Of Fredericksburg
Definition

Stinging defeat for the north

Ambrose Burnside is relieved of command

 

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Joseph Hooker
Definition

gets command after Burnside

isnt fit for command

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Battle of Chancellorsville
Definition

Hooker is soundly defeated

Lee's greatest battle

lee won even though he was outnumbered by hooker

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Battle of Gettysburg
Definition

most important battle of the Civil war

3 day battle

fought from july1-3,1863

one of two turning points in the war

Union army defeats the Confederates

things begin to turn against Confederacy

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Siege Of Vicksburg

 

Definition

1863

results in the Union control of the Mississippi and also gived Lincoln the opportunity to find a general who will fight

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Ulysses  S Grant
Definition

general that Lincoln found

had a drinking problem

1860- leather good worker

1868- President of U.S.

Term
William T Sherman
Definition

command in the army of the west

hand-picked successor of Grant

 

 

Term
total war
Definition
sherman came up with this plan to destroy society
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Burning of Atlanta
Definition
Sherman marches to this town and orders the population to evacuate, then exterminates the town.
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March to the Sea
Definition
Sherman's March from Vicksburg to Savannah burning and looting a 10 mile wide tornado of destruction . Destroys southern economy as best he can
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