Chapter 14 Flashcards
(51 cards)
Effort to blockade the South and capture the Mississippi River.
Anaconda plan
The South’s main army in the East.
Army of Northern Virginia.
The North’s main army in the East.
Army of the Potomac
Democrats who were for peace,who sympathized with the South,and who opposed Lincoln.
Copperheads
Sherman’s destruction of Georgia.
March to the sea
Northern ironclad with a revolving gun turret.
Monitor
Early, unsuccessful attempt to capture the Southern Capital
Peninsular Campaign
Diversion of two Union armies by a small Confederate force.
Valley Campaign
Southern ironclad that threatened to break the blockade.
Virginia
Continual fighting in the woods north of Richmond.
Wilderness Campaign
Surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Appomattox Court House
Confederate loss that opened the door for Sherman’s march.
Battle of Chattanooga
Resulted in the Emancipation Proclamation.
Battle of Antietam
Marked the end of the South’s offensive capabilities.
Battle of Gettysburg
Grant’s army was caught “napping”.
Battle of Shiloh
First major land battle of the war.
First Battle of Manassas
Opened Tennessee to invasion.
Forts Henry and Donelson.
The South’s successful defense of its capital.
Seven Day’s Battles
Efforts to capture the rail center feeding Richmond.
Siege of Petersburg
Loss that gave the North total control of the Mississippi River.
Siege of Vicksburg
Famous speech given by Lincoln to dedicate a war cemetery for one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
Gettysburg Address
The draft or compulsory enrollment of men into military service.
Conscription
State unconstitutionally admitted into the Union during the war.
West Virginia
This was the central issue that sparked the war.
State’s rights
