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Civil War Study Guide Flashcards

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William Sherman

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Union General who destroyed Atlanta with fire. 300 miles of destruction.

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Robert E. Lee

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Confederate General

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David O. Dodd

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17 year old spy who was caught by the Union and hanged.

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George Meade.

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Union General.

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Clara Barton

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Founded Red Cross

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Ulysses S. Grant

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Union General at Vicksburg. 18th President.

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Thomas Jackson

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Known as “Stonewall Jackson” killed by his own men.

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Winfield Scott

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Designed the Anaconda plan and was the unsuccessful president of the Whig party.

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Robert Anderson

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Union commander at fort Sumter who had to surrender due to lack of supplies. War hero.

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Thomas Hindman

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Lawyer on confederate side who burned everything in his way.

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Isaac Murphy

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Union Reconstruction governor of Arkansas

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George Pickett

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Led Pickett’s charge which failed

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Bounty

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Encouraged be to enlist in the military rather than be drafted

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Camp Nelson

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Largest Recruiting for Africans, as well as Union supply Depot and Hospital Facility

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Appomattox Court House

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Where Lee signed treaty papers

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Copperheads

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Northern Democrats

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King Cotton

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Term used by southerners to describe how cotton was the economic “King”

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Anaconda Plan

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Plan in which north would blockade Mississippi River to cut off the south to the outside world.

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Bushwhackers

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Missourians who fled to live in the woods and resist Union occupation.

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Jayhawks

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Applies to bands of robbers, associated with Kansas free starter

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Calvary

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Part of military force composed of troops on horseback.

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Infantry

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Foot soldiers

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Battle of Antietam

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Bloodiest single day ending in a Union victory

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Battle of Wilsons Creek

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First major battle of the Trans-Mississippi theater of the American civil war

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Emancipation proclamation

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Changed slaves to “free”

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Gettysburg Adress

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Talked about human equality

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Capital of AR after the fall of little rock.

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Washington, AR

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Number of AR soldiers who fought for Confederacy and Union

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56,000

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Number of Soldiers who fought for the Confederacy

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1,082,119

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Number of soldiers who fought for the Union

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2,128,948

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President of Confederacy

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Jefferson Davis

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President of Union

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Abraham Lincoln

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Capital of Union

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Washington D.C

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Capital of Confederacy

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Richmond, VA

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Red River Plan

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Union hope to capture everything along the Red River in Louisiana and continue into Texas.

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Marks Mill

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Union Force escorted 240 wagons from Camden to Pine Bluff to pick up supplies.

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Patrick Cleburne

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Came up with the idea for Africans to fight for us

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54th Massachusetts regiment

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First all black regiment. “Bravest of the brave.”

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When did Lincoln decide to raise a real army?

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After the emancipation proclamation.

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States that seceded after fall of Fort Sumter

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AR, VA, NC, TN

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Where did the 1st battle of bull run take place?

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William county, Virginia

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What 2 major immigrant groups helped the Union?

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Irish and German

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Union Generals in Pea ridge, prairie grove, and Helena.

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Pea ridge- Samuel L. Curtis
Prairie Grove- General James G. Blunt
Helena- Benjamin Prentiss

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Confederate Generals in Pea Ridge and Wilsons Creek.

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Wilsons- Ben McCulloch

Pea- Earl Van Dorn Sterling Price

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Who is David Farragut?

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Flag officer during the civil war. Commanded the Union blockade of the western Gulf of Mexico. Helped secure the victory at Vicksburg.

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What were the reasons for NOT issuing the Emancipation Proclamation?

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  • Anger pro Union states
  • Many white Northerners opposed emancipation
  • Lincoln wanted to tie the Union, abolition would divide it

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