Chapter 17: The Civil War

Vocabulary

Battle of Bull Run

• battle won by the Confederates and Stonewall Jackson

conscription

• drafting of civilians to serve in the army

Copperhead

• northern Democrat who wanted to make peace with the Confederacy during the Civil War

Robert E. Lee

• Confederate general who defended Richmond from attack

Stonewall Jackson

• Confederate general who got his nickname from standing as strong as a stone wall in battle

Fort Pillow

• site where 200 African American war prisoners were killed

Ulysses S. Grant

• Union general who after heavy Union and Confederate losses captured victory at Shiloh

David G. Farragut

• commander of the Union navy who captured the port of New Orleans

George McClennan

• first Union general appointed by Lincoln to lead Union troops

Merrimack

• Confederate ironclad ship

Monitor

• Union ironclad ship

Fort Sumter

• Union fort in Charleston, South Carolina that was seized by the Confederate troops and became the beginning of the Civil War

Antietam

• bloodiest battle of the war in Maryland. Union troops forced Lee to retreat but did not chase them. Lincoln fired McClellan soon after

Anaconda Plan

• three-part plan Union plan to win the Civil War which was

1) blockade southern ports so they couldn't get supplies 2) split the Confederacy in two near the Mississippi River 3) capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia

habeas corpus

• court order that says people in jail need to appear in court and told why they are in jail

Emancipation Proclamation

• order issued by Lincoln freeing slaves in the Confederacy

income tax

• tax that takes a percentage of an individual's income used to pay for the war

Andersenville

• Confederate war camp that was overcrowded

Clara Barton

• Union nurse who started the Red Cross