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| East, West,and the sea | Major areas of fighting during the Civil War |
| Union plans | blockade southern ports, control the Mississippi River, and capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, VA |
| Confederate plans | fight a defensive war |
| Bullrun | 07/21/61 1st major battle, Union troops retreat but Confederate troops do not press the attack |
| General Thomas Jackson | Southern commander also known as "Stonewall Jackson" |
| holiday mood | attitude of some northern people who came to watch, with their picnic baskets of food, the battle of Bullrun |
| General George McCellan | Union commander who transformed raw recruits into an army of trained soldiers |
| General Robert E. Lee | Commander of all Confederate troops |
| Union blockade | Union ships which restricted Confederate supply boats from using southern ports |
| Merrimac | former Union warship which the South outfitted with 4 inch armor plating |
| Monitor | Union's answer to the southern ironclad, Merrimac |
| Hampton Roads, Virginia | Off the waters in this area the Merrimac and Monitor fought to a draw. Union navy maintained the blockade |
| Antietam | 24,000 Union and Confederate troops were killed here in one bloody day of battle. Southern troops retreated and the North did not pursue |
| Ulysses S. Grant | Union commander who gained control of the Mississippi |
| Vicksburg | Southern fort high on the cliffs above the Mississippi River |
| July 4, 1863 | Confederate forces surrender to Union General Grant. The Mississippi River is now completely controlled by the North. |
| Mississippi River and naval blockade | Two of the North's military goals which were accomplished by July of 1863. |
| David Glasgow Farragut | Famous for capturing Mobile Bay. Legendary words "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!" were shouted has he sailed into the bay despite the explosive mines that had been laid. |
| "All quiet along the Potomac" | National joke refering to Gen. McCellan's reluctance to move his troops into battle. |
| Lincoln's sarcasm | Reference to Gen. McCellan's inactive troops,"If McCellan is not using the army, I should like to borrow it." |
| 1860-1865 | Battle of Gettysburg fought and Gettysburg Address delivered dyuring these years. |
