| A | B |
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| Robert E. Lee | Confederate General who surrendered at Appomattox |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Union general who led the U.S. to victory over the Confederate Army |
| Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson | Confederate General who held firm at the 1st Battle of Bull Run. |
| Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson | Confederate general who was accidentally shot by one of his own men at the Battle of Chancellorsville |
| General Robert E. Lee | General in charge of the Army of Northern Virginia |
| General Ulysses S. Grant | General in charge of the Army of the Potomac |
| J.E.B. Stuart | A successful and important Confederate Cavalry Commander |
| General Ambrose Burnside | A Union commander who was unsuccessful in his attempt to overtake the Confederate army at the Battle of Fredericksburg |
| Jefferson Davis | president of the Confederate States of America |
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the U.S. during the Civil War |
| Andrew Johnson | President who took office after Lincoln was assassinated. He was president during Reconstruction. |
| Washington, D.C. | Location of the U.S. capital during the Civil War |
| Richmond, VA | location of the Confederate capital during the Civil War |
| Merrimac | The former name of the Confederate Ironclad. |
| C.S.S. Virginia | The name of the Confederate Ironclad |
| U.S.S. Monitor | the name of the Union Ironclad |
| water off Hampton Roads | location of the Battle of the Ironclads |
| ironclad | type of new warship developed and used during the Civil War |
| 1st Battle of Manassas | First major battle of the Civil War |
| Fort Sumter | First shots of the Civil War were fired here. There were no casualties. |
| Richmond, VA | City that Confederate troops set fire to when it was clear that the Union troops were going to overtake them here. |
| Siege of Petersburg | a long-lasting Civil War battle, which the Union finally won. The war ended not long after this victory |
| Appomattox Court House | The Confederate troops were surrounded here, and here is where they surrendered. |
| siege | long attack in which a group is surrounded and supplies are cut off |
| turning point | an event that is the cause of important changes |
| retreat | move back |
| reinforcements | a group of fresh soldiers |
| rations | limited amounts of food given to soldiers by the army |
| junction | place where two railroads or roads come together |
| Montgomery, Alabama | The FIRST capital of the Confederacy. |
| surrender | to give up fighting or to admit defeat |
| cavalry | troops trained to fight on horseback |
| infantry | soldiers trained to fight on foot |
