| A | B |
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| The Confederate States of America | Name given seceded states |
| Jefferson Davis | President of the Confederate States of America |
| Abraham Lincoln | President of the Union |
| South Carolina | Frist State to withdraw from Union first |
| Robert E. Lee | The military leade for the Confederacy |
| Ulysses S. Grant | military leader for the Union |
| Ft. Sumter | First shots of the Civil War fired |
| First Battle of Bull Run | The war would be really short |
| Jan 1 1863 | Emancipation Proclamation went into effect |
| Siege of Vicksburg | Gave the Union control of the Mississippi River |
| The Battle of Antietam | Bloodiest single day of the war. |
| The Battle of Gettysberg | Turning Point in the War |
| Lee surrendered to Grant | at Appomattox Courthouse, |
| Why was Vicksberg important? | It split the South in 2 and the North captured the Mississippi River |
| 1861-1865 | The Civil War years |
| Abraham Lincoln | Won the election of 1860 |
| Battle of Bull Run | Proved that the war would be long and bloody |
| Leader of "March to the Sea" | William Tecumseh Sherman |
| Emancipation Proclamation | document that freed the slaves |
| Total War | targeting both military and civilian resources to destroy your enemies ability to fight |
| William T. Sherman | Used the tactic of "Total War" as he moved across the south |
| Why did Union want control Mississippi? | To cut confederate supply lines |
