The Civil War

Slave states that did not secede. Maryland, Delaware, Missouri and Kentucky.

• Middle States

• Border States

• Union States

• Southern States

The idea that Great Britain would support the Confederacy because it needed the South’s raw cotton. (This did not work)

• Britain Diplomacy

• American Britain Connection

• Cotton Diplomacy

• Cotton Connection

Ships that were heavily armored with iron.

• Armor Ships

• Iron Ships

• Ironclads

Lincoln ordered the Confederate states to free their slaves. (But not the Union’s slave states)

• Freedom Proclamation

• Emancipation Proclamation

The destroying of civilian and economic resources, used by William Tecumseh Sherman.

• Civilian Warfare

• Total War

• Economic War

• Sherman Warfare

A federal outpost in Charleston, South Carolina, that was attacked by Confederate troops, beginning the Civil War.

• Fort Wagner

• Fort Freedom

• Fort Charleston

• Fort Sumter

The bloodiest single day battle of the Civil War and of US history. More soldiers were killed and wounded here than in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and the Mexican American War combined.

• First Battle of Bull Run

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Battle of Battles

When General Grant cut off the city of Vicksburg Virginia from supplies, and shelled it repeatedly. Civilians and soldiers survived by eating dogs, rats, and horses. Once they surrendered, Grant sent them food.

• Siege of Vicksburg

• Siege of Virginia

• Siege of Atlanta

A 3 day battle that finally turned the tide against the Confederates.

• Battle of Antietam

• Battle of New Orleans

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Second Battle of Bull Run

When the Confederates marched up Cemetery Ridge, led by George Pickett. More than half of his men were killed or wounded.

• Pickett's Fence

• Cemetery Ridge Run

• Pickett's Charge

• George's Run