Civil War Vocabulary

Also known as the North (1861-1865), was composed of the U.S. states that were loyal to the U.S. federal government

• Union

• infantry

The southern states that seceded from the union in 1860

• infantry

• Confederacy

A person injured or killed in war or combat

• casualty

• blockade

• calvary

Person that was loyal to the Confederacy

• ironclad

• yankee

• rebel

The war that kicked off the Civil War

• King Cotton

• Fort Sumpter

• Total War

Led the U.S. through the Civil War as the 16th president

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

General of the Confederate States Army

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

Commander of the Union Army and eventually the 18th U.S. president

• Abraham Lincoln

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Robert E. Lee

Slogan or phrase referring to the South's booming economy due to cotton

• King Cotton

• Total War

• infantry

Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime

• blockade

• ironclad

• 13th Amendment