REVIEW - Flashcard 18.3 - 18.4

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The Union's commanding officer in the West.

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Ulysses S. Grant

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The first major Union victory of the Civil War in February 1862.

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Fort Donelson in Tennessee

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The Union forces won this battle despite a surprise attack by Confederate troops, helping the Union control part of the Mississippi River valley.

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Battle of Shiloh

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This southern city was the Confederacy's largest and gateway to the Mississippi River. However, Captain David Farragut and Union forces captured it in late April 1862.

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New Orleans

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This Mississippi town sat 200 feet above the river, giving the Confederate army a definite advantage, but Grant still forced its surrender after a six-week siege.

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Vicksburg

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Describe the state of the Confederate soldiers who surrendered at Vicksburg.

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Starving

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The reason the Union wanted to control the Mississippi River.

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To divide the Confederacy in two.

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The constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment.

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Habeas Corpus

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This group would have most likely opposed the Emancipation Proclamation.

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Northern Democrats

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The cause of most Civil War casualties.

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