| A | B |
|---|
| martial | military rule which suspends Bill of Rights |
| blockade | to close off something |
| Jefferson Davis | president of the Confederacy |
| Abraham Lincoln | president of the Union |
| Fort Sumter | first battle of the war |
| Emancipation Proclamtion | speach by Lincoln which freed the slaves |
| Gettysburg | turning point of war, bloodiest battle |
| Gettysburg address | speach by Lincoln to honor the soldiers who died |
| Robert E. Lee | commander of the Confederate army |
| Thomas Jackson | Lee's right hand man and who died in battle |
| Vicksburg | major battle on the Mississippi which the Union won |
| iron clads | new ship which was made of iron |
| Hunley | Confederate submarine |
| Bull Run | first major battle of the war |
| Copperheads | Northerns who supported the South |
| habeas corpus | right which was suspended during the war |
| conscription | the draft |
| Grant | ended up as the commander of the Union |
| Sherman | marched through Georgia |
| Sherman "bowtie" | way of destroying railroads |
| Appomatox Court House | place where Lee surrendered |
| John W ilkes Booth | assassinated Lincoln |
| greenbacks | money not back by gold or silver |
| Clara Baron | founded the Red Cross |
| Andersonville | infamous prison camp in Georgia |
| Antietam | bloodiest one day battle |
| South Carolina | first state to secede |
| Monitor | famous iron clad of the Union |
| Merrimac | famous iron clad of the Union |
| Shiloh | battle where Confederate General Johnston died |
