The Events of the Civil War Vocabulary

Southern States left the United States after Abraham Lincoln became president

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Gettysburg Address

• secede

President of Confederate States (South)

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Jefferson Davis

• William T. Sherman

Battle that began the Civil War

• Fort Sumter

• Battle of Gettysburg

• March to the Sea

Document written by Abraham Lincoln that freed all slaves

• Fugitive Slave Act

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

Turning point of the Civil War

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Uncle Tom's Cabin

• March to the Sea

Speech given by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg

• March to the Sea

• Appomattox Court House

• Gettysburg Address

End of Civil War, Robert E Lee surrendered

• Battle of Gettysburg

• Appomattox Court House

• March to the Sea

General who led the Union Army during the Civil War

• Jefferson Davis

• Ulysses S. Grant

• Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

Led Union forces through Atlanta Campaign

• Jefferson Davis

• Robert E. Lee

• William T. Sherman

Sherman led military through Georgia to scare citizens into leaving confederate cause.

• Gettysburg Address

• March to the Sea

• Emancipation Proclamation