Civil War Vocabulary

One of only two major battles fought in the North and the bloodiest day of the war

• Antietam

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Battle Hymn of the Republic

• Civil War Amendments

Lee’s surrender to Grant, the final chapter of the Civil War; by the time he surrendered, Lee had less than 10,000 soldiers left

• Antietam

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Battle Hymn of the Republic

• Civil War Amendments

A hymn by American writer Julia Ward Howe using the music from the song "John Brown's Body". Since that time it has become an extremely popular and well-known American patriotic song.

• Antietam

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Battle Hymn Republic

• Civil War Amendments

13th, 14th, 15^th- Outlawed slavery, granted former slaves citizenship, guaranteed freemen voting rights

• Antietam

• Appomattox Courthouse

• Battle Hymn of the Republic

• Civil War Amendments

Loose union formed by Southern states who had seceded from the United States

• Confederate States of America

• Depression

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Fort Sumter

A state of unhappiness and hopelessness, usually aligned with a financial crisis in which people lose jobs, homes, and businesses

• Confederate States of America

• Depression

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Fort Sumter

Written by President Lincoln; declared all slaves in the rebelling Confederacy free

• Confederate States of America

• Depression

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Fort Sumter

First battle of Civil War; fought in Charleston Harbor, there were no casualties on either side; raised false hopes for a quick war

• Confederate States of America

• Depression

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Fort Sumter

Federal agency that set up schools and hospitals for African Americans and distributed clothes, food, and fuel

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Gadsden Purchase

• Gettysburg

• Gettysburg Address

Small strip of land purchased from Mexico in order to extend Trans-Continental Railroad

• Freedmen's Bureau

• Gadsden Purchase

• Gettysburg

• Gettysburg Address