Yankee - nickname given to the Northerners by the Southerners during the war, Union - Northern side in the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant - Union general who took command of the union army y towards the end of the war. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, “Stonewall” Jackson - Confederate general that was killed accientally by his own troops at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Secede - when Confederate states formally with drew from the US (the Union), Robert E. Lee - Head of the Confederate Army. Represented the Confederacy when they surrendered at Appomattox, Rebels - nickname given to the Southerners by the Northerners during the war., John Wilkes Booth - this man assassinated President Lincoln, Jefferson Davis - This man was the president of the Confederacy, Gettysburg Address - this famous speech dedicated the union cemetery at Gettysburg to the soldiers who had died. Lincoln vowed that the union would continue fighting the war sothat the soldiers did not die in vain., Fort Sumter - Fort overtaken by Confederate forces on April 12th, 1861. The Union attempted and failed to keepthe fort. This event marked the start of the war., The Emancipation Proclamation - an executive order issues by Lincoln on January 1st, 1863, that freed all the people in slavery that weren’t in the union’s control (those in the Confederacy), Copperheads - Northern democrats who were against the Civil War., Conscription - forcing an individual to enroll in the military. (the draft), Confederacy - Southern states that seceded, Blockade - when ports or waterways are blocked by warships, Amputation - surgical removal of a leg or arm. During the war many soldiers had limbs amputated to prevent the spread of infection., Abraham Lincoln - the 16th President (Republican) and President of the Union during the war., Underground Railroad - system of paths and hiding places that helped enslaved people from the South escape, Causality - someone who dies in the war,

A1 Civil War Vocabulary

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