| A | B |
|---|
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the US |
| Union | the United States |
| Confederate States of America | the states that seceded from the US |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Conferate States |
| Edmund Ruffin | a Virginian who was among the first to fire shots at Ft. Sumter |
| Civil War | War between the United States |
| Winfield Scott | an army officer from Va. who remained loyal to the Union |
| Robert E. Lee | General of the Army of Northern Va. (Confederate) |
| Army of Northern Va. | Army led by General Robert E. Lee |
| Manassas | place where first battle of the Civil War occured |
| First Manassas | first major battle of the Civil War |
| First Battle of Bull Run | Also called First Manassas, first battle of Civil War |
| Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson | Va. General |
| Seven Days Battle | battle that drove Union out of Confederate Richmond |
| Second Manassas | Union lost, also called Second Battle of Bull Run |
| Second Battle of Bull Run | Also called Second Manassas, Union defeated |
| Sharpsburg | Also called Antietam, Confederate defeat |
| Antietam - Battle of Sharpsburg | also called Sharpsburg, Confederate defeat |
| Emancipation Proclamation | Slaves in confederate states freed |
| Fredericksburg | Confederate victory, led by Robert E. Lee |
| secede | to withdraw formally from a group |
| blockade | closing off an area so people and supplies can't get in or out |
| emancipate | set free |
