Civil War Key Terms and Events

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Anaconda Plan

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Union strategy during the Civil War to blockade Southern ports and capture the Mississippi River, resembling an anaconda squeezing its prey.

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Andersonville

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Infamous Civil War prisoner-of-war camp in Macon County, Georgia, where over 13,000 Union soldiers died.

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Atlanta Campaign

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Series of battles in northwest Georgia and around Atlanta during the summer of 1864, led by William T. Sherman.

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Battle of Atlanta

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Union victory on July 22, 1864, part of the Atlanta Campaign, allowing Union forces to move closer to the city.

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Battle of Chickamauga

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Confederate victory from September 18-20, 1863, the largest battle fought in Georgia, leading to the battle of Chattanooga.

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Battle of Ezra Church

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Union victory on July 28, 1864, during Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign.

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Battle of Peachtree Creek

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Union victory on July 20, 1864, during Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign.

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Blockade Runners

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Private Southern ships that attempted to break the Union blockade to trade cotton with Europe for goods.

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Document declaring all slaves in rebellious states would be freed if the South did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863.

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Ironclads

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Warships covered in steel and iron used in the Civil War.