| A | B |
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| Ambrose Burnside | Given command of the Union forces after Gen. McClellan and then he was defeated in the B. of Fredericksburg |
| David Farragut | Led fleet up the Miss. R., captured New Orleans and Baton Rouge, but could not capture Vicksburg |
| George McClellan | Given command of Union forces after Gen. McDowell and then got fired for refusing to attack Lee's army at Antietam |
| Irvin McDowell | First commander of the Union forces who fought in the 1st Battle of Bull Run |
| George Meade | Union general who fought against Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg |
| George Pickett | Confederate general who led disastrous charge at Gettysburg |
| William Tecumseh Sherman | Union general who put total war into effect in Georgia by burning Atlanta |
| Battle of Antietam | turning point of war and ended Lee's invasion of the North, destroyed 1/3 of conferate army and shattered Confedrate hopes of getting aid from abroad |
| 1st Battle of Bull Run | Showed the Union that the war would not be quickly be won |
| Battle of Gettysburg | Caused Lincoln to deliver a speech at a cemetery created for the soldiers who died there |
| Battle of Petersburg | Battle took place 20 miles outside of Richmond and was gateway to Richmond |
| Battle of Shiloh | This battle named for a nearby church and gave the Union control of much of Kentucky and Tenn. |
| Battle of Vicksburg | Was on a hilltop in Mississippi. Starving citizens held out for 7 weeks and finally surrendered |
| Merrimac vs. Monitor | Battle between 2 ironclads that showed the Confederates could not break the Union's blockade |
