The Civil War Vocab

battle in Maryland that resulted in Lee's retreat back to Virginia

ships that were heavily armored with iron

Constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment

Union general whose troops won several important battles on southern soil and in the western campaigns

Confederate general during many important battles of the Civil War

the act of setting free

an order freeing slaves held in Union controlled territory

a heroic unit of mostly free African American soldiers

speech in which Lincoln praised the bravery of Union soldiers and renewed his commitment to winning the war

by moving his army here, Lee hoped this state would join the Confederacy

this is the river Lee crossed on his way to Sharpsburg, MD for the Battle of Antietam

the First Battle of Bull Run had these

four slave states, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri, that did not join the Confederacy

Confederate plan to enlist England's aid in return for continued cotton shipments

six-week blockade of a Virginia city that starved the city into surrender

series of battles that forced General McClellan to retreat from near Richmond, VA

Confederate victory that helped push Union forces out of Virginia

ironclad ship; the Union's counter to the CSS Virgina

formerly the abandoned Union warship USS Merrimack; it became the first ironclad warship

escaped slaves

federal post in Charleston, SC, that surrendered to the Confederacy, marking the beginning of the Civil War

battle near Manassas, VA in 1861

three-day battle in the North that Confederates lost; it was the turning point of the war

series of battles in which Grant tried to take Richmond

in times of war, this is defined as a soldier who is killed, wounded, missing, or captured

nickname for the Peace Democrats, a group who spoke out against the war

the place where Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant

strategy in which both civilian and military resources are destroyed

this battle changed naval warfare

battle in which Union troops gained greater control of the Mississippi River valley