A | B |
Jefferson Davis | confederate president |
Aberham Lincoln | Union President |
Merrimac | confederate ironcald ship |
Monitor | Union ironclad ships |
Battle of Shiloh | more Americans died here than in the Revolution war, war of 1812 and the Mexican war combined |
Union | Soldiers of the north |
Confederacy | Soldiers of the South |
Emancipate | To set free |
Civilian | Person not in the millitary |
Bounty | Payment made to men who joined the Union army |
Draft | Law requiring men of a certain age to go to war |
Habeas Corpus | right to have charges filed duiring a hearing or going to court |
Tax-in-kind | tax paid with goods rather than money |
profiteer | Person that takes advantige of an emergancy to make money |
Battle of Antietam | Neither side won this war |