Civil War

Federal fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the confederate attack on the fort marked the start of the Civil War

• Fort Sumter
• Anaconda Plan
• Bull Run
• Stonewall Jackson

Union war plan by Winfield Scott, called for blockade of southern coast, capture of Richmond, capture Mississippi R, and to take an army through heart of south

• Anaconda Plan
• Bull Run
• Stonewall Jackson
• George McClellan

First major battle of the Civil War

• Bull Run
• Stonewall Jackson
• George McClellan
• Ulysses S. Grant

General in the Confederate army, led Confederate army in the 1st Battle of Bull Run

• Stonewall Jackson
• George McClellan
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Shiloh

union general, 1st commander, overly cautious, fired by Lincoln

• George McClellan
• Ulysses S. Grant
• Shiloh
• David G. Farragut

General of the Union Army and was responsible for winning the Civil War for the North

• Ulysses S. Grant
• Shiloh
• David G. Farragut
• Robert E. Lee

the second great battle of the American Civil War (1862)

• Shiloh
• David G. Farragut
• Robert E. Lee
• Antietam

Admiral of the Union Navy during the Civil War. Led the daring attack on New Orleans the led to the Union's control of the Mississippi River.

• David G. Farragut
• Robert E. Lee
• Antietam
• Emancipation Proclamation

Confederate general who had opposed secession but did not believe the Union should be held together by force

• Robert E. Lee
• Antietam
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Habeas Corpus

the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with almost 23,000 casualties. After this "win" for the North, Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation

• Antietam
• Emancipation Proclamation
• Habeas Corpus
• Copperheads