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DSST Civil War Vocab
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1. Marched from Atlanta to the Sea destroying everything; Total War

2. Denounced the president for being a first rate second rate man for delaying on the emacipation

3. (N) George McClellan vs. (S) Robert Lee - Strategic northern victory - Turned tide of war in favor of north. - Bloodiest battle in U.S. History - encouraged Lincoln to give Emancipation Proclamation - and prevented Lee from invading the North

4. (N) Burnside vs. (S) Lee - southern victory

5. The first ironclad warship commissioned by the US Navy.....Most famous for participation in the first-ever battle against another ironclad

6. Printing paper money - but prices on necessities like food and such skyrocketed and the people rioted.

7. Union paper money not backed by gold or silver. Value would fluctuate depending on status of the war - financed the war

8. Blockade that would not allow supplies of any sort into the Confederacy; control the Mississippi and Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico

9. In Virginia where Lee daringly divided his numerically inferior army and sent Stonewall Jackson to attack the Union flank.

10. Incident in which a Union warship stopped a British steamer and removed two Confederate diplomats

11. Confederate commander who was executed for mistreatment of Union prisoners of war

12. African American Union regiment that helped capture Fort Wagner in South Carolina

13. The most infamous prison in the south. There was no shelter. There was a huge population - and there were food shortages - overcrowding - and disease that killed about 100 men a day during the summer months.

14. (N) Major General William S. Rosecrans vs. (S) General Braxton Bragg - Result(s): Confederate victory - CSA won - Largest battle in West - most significant Union defeat in the West

15. White leading commander of the first black regiment - 54th Massachusetts

16. President of the Southern Confederate States after their succession from the Union - struggled to form a solid government

17. Freed all slaves in the states that had seceded - after the Northern victory at the Battle of Antietam. Lincoln had no power to enforce the law.

18. Commander of Confederate Army. Great leader - Lincoln wanted him as the leader of the Union Army

19. Excused slaveholders owning twenty or more slaves from being drafted for service

20. Provided medical assistance and supplies to army camps and hospitals

21. [aka USS Merrimack] yard workers salvaged the USS Merrimack and converted her into an ironclad - sank two Union warships in Hampton Roads.

22. Small - fast ships that delivered supplies to the Confederacy.

23. (N) Major General William S. Rosecrans vs. (S) General Braxton Bragg - Confederates retired - Bragg claimed Union victory - boosted Union morale Result(s): Union victory

24. Richmond conflict about high prices of food.He offered no solution -so they turned into an angry mob.President Davis showed up - the mob dispersed

25. (N) Pope vs. (S) Lee/Jackson - This was the decisive battle of the Northern Virginia Campaign. Result(s): Confederate victory

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