| A | B |
| Lincoln | President of the United States |
| Davis | President of the Confederacy |
| Fort Sumter | First battle of the war |
| Sherman | Known for destructive march to the sea |
| Gettys burg | Deadliest battle of the war |
| 54th Massachusetts Volunteers | Famous Black regiment |
| General Winfield Scott | Very first leader of the Union Army |
| General Grant | Final leader of the Union forces |
| General Lee | Leader of the Confederate forces |
| Anaconda Plan | The North's plan to win the war |
| "Stonewall" Jackson | Accidentally shot by his own men |
| Merrimac | The North's ironclad |
| Monitor | The South's ironclad |
| Mathew Brady | Photographer of the war |
| Defensive war | The type of war the south planned on |
| Appomatox Court House | Where Lee surrendered |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Law that freed the slaves in the South |
| General McClellan | General that ran against Lincoln |
| Blockade | Part of the North's plan to win |
| Hot air balloons | Used to watch the Confederates |