Civil War Vocabulary

Union General who developed a 2-part strategy: 1) destroy the South's economy with a naval blockade of southern ports; 2) gain control of the Mississippi River to divide the South.

• General Winfield Scott
• emancipation
• Emancipation Proclamation
• contrabands
• habeas corpus

Freeing of the slaves.

• General Winfield Scott
• emancipation
• Emancipation Proclamation
• contrabands
• habeas corpus

The order to free the Confederate slaves.

• General Winfield Scott
• emancipation
• Emancipation Proclamation
• contrabands
• habeas corpus

Escaped slaves.

• General Winfield Scott
• emancipation
• Emancipation Proclamation
• contrabands
• habeas corpus

A constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment.

• General Winfield Scott
• emancipation
• Emancipation Proclamation
• contrabands
• habeas corpus

A unit of primarily free African Americans in the Union army. In July 1863 this regiment led a heroic charge on South Carolina's Fort Wagner. They took heavy fire and suffered huge casualties.

• 54th Massachusetts Infantry
• Copperheads
• Clara Barton
• George Pickett
• William Tecumseh Sherman

A group of northern Democrats who opposed the war. They called themselves Peace Democrats, but were compared to a poisonous snake. They sympathized with the South and believed the war was not necessary and called for its end.

• 54th Massachusetts Infantry
• Copperheads
• Clara Barton
• George Pickett
• William Tecumseh Sherman

One woman brought strength and comfort to countless wounded Union soldiers, organizing the collection of medicine and supplies for delivery to the battlefield. She was nicknamed the "angel of the battlefield." Her work formed the basis for the future American Red Cross.

• 54th Massachusetts Infantry
• Copperheads
• Clara Barton
• George Pickett
• William Tecumseh Sherman

Confederate general who commanded the largest of three divisions of Confederate soldiers. He led a charge on July 3, 1863, across Emmitsburg Road to attack the Union position.

• 54th Massachusetts Infantry
• Copperheads
• Clara Barton
• George Pickett
• William Tecumseh Sherman

Union general who provided a key victory for the Union army. He carried out the Union plan to destroy southern railroads and industries.

• 54th Massachusetts Infantry
• Copperheads
• Clara Barton
• George Pickett
• William Tecumseh Sherman