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| Fort Sumter | Shots fired here when Lincoln tried to resupply it. |
| Anaconda Plan | Plan to control Mississippi River and blockade the South |
| First Bull Run | Also called First Manassas, site of the first major battle of the Civil War |
| Stonewall Jackson | Stood firm at Manassas but accidentally shot by his own men at Chanceloorsville |
| George McClellan | Timid commander of the Army of the Potomac, fired by Lincoln for poor results |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Union general given overall command in 1864 |
| Shiloh | Also known as Pittsburg Landing, Ulysses S. Grant's first big victory in the West |
| David G. Farragut | Union Admiral who captured New Orleans and most of the Mississippi River Valley |
| Merrimack | A.K.A. The C.S.S. Virgina, the South's ironclad |
| Monitor | Union ironclad that fought the Merrimack at Hampton Roads |
| Robert E. Lee | Brilliant Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia |
| Antietam | Single bloodiest day of the Civil War and American History. |
| Emancipation Proclamation | It freed slaves in those areas in rebellion in 1862 |
| habeas corpus | A court proceeding that requires the government to explain in court why a person has been imprisoned |
| Copperhead | Northern Democrats who favored peace with the South, they opposed Lincoln. |
| conscription | Another name for a military draft |
| income tax | A tax that takes a specified percentage of one's income, first used during the Civil War |
| Clara Barton | Organizer of the Union's nurse corps and founder of the American Red Cross |
| Andersonville | Confederate prison camp in Georgia known for bad conditions and brutality |
| Gettysburg | The site of a three day battle in Pennsylvania, July 1-3, 1863 (a turning point in the war) |
| Chancellorsville | Confederate victory in May 1863 where Lee boldly divided his smaller force. |
| Vicksburg | A fortress on the Mississippi River critical to controlling the river, fell to Grant in July, 1863. |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | Union general who led a destructive march through Georgia "to the sea" and practiced total warfare |
| Appomattox Courthouse | The place where Robert E. Lee surrendered the the Army of Northern Virginia to Ulysses S. Grant in April 1865 |
| Gettysburg Address | Lincoln's 1863 speech honoring war dead and stating principles for which the Union fought. |
| Thirteenth Amendment | This finally abolished slavery |
| Red Cross | An organization set up to ease human suffering |
| John Wilkes Booth | Assassin of Abraham Lincoln |
| contrabands | Another term for slaves who escaped to safety within the Union lines. |
| substitutes | Wealthy Southerners and Northerners could hire these to go in their place in the Confederate and Union Armies. |
