| A | B |
| emancipate | to free from slavery |
| casualty | military person killed, wounded, or captured |
| blockade | to cut off a country's ports by means of troops or warships |
| Rebel | nickname for Confederate soldiers |
| Yankee | nickname for Union soldiers |
| total war | destroying an enemies ability to fight |
| Appomattox Court House | site of Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Grant |
| Richmond | Confederate capital |
| inflation | rise in the price of goods and services |
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the United States |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederate States |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Union General |
| Robert E. Lee | Confederate General |