| A | B |
| Confederate general who held firmly in place | Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson |
| the first major battle of the Civil War | First Battle of Bull Run |
| Union general who did not like to fight; always hesitated | George B. McClellan |
| Confederate general who took the war to the North | Robert E. Lee |
| a series of Civil War battles in which Confederate army successes forced the Union army to retreat | Seven Days' Battles |
| Civil War battle in which the Confederate army forced most of the Union army out of Virginia | Second Battle of Bull Run |
| a Union victory in the Civil War that marked the bloodiest single-day in U.S. military history | Battle of Antietam |
| a warhship that is heavily armored with iron | ironclads |
| a new idea or way of doing something | innovation |
| the North's plan to cut off supplies to the South through naval blockades | Anaconda Plan |
| Confederate capital | Richmond, Virginia |