God's control over all events

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A military draft

This law exempted any planter or overseer with more than twenty slaves from going to war

A war that involves the complete mobilization of resources and people, affecting the lives of all citizens in the warring countries, even those remote from the battlefields.

Private groups that helped to purchase medicines and supply Bibles or other reading material from soldiers

photographer who documented the horrors of war with his pictures of Civil War battles and the corpses of soldiers

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

Confederate General who developed their defensive strategy for the Civil War

Union General that led his troops in an attempt to capture the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia and was defeated by Stonewall Jackson at the First Battle of Bull Run

Confederate general at Fort Sumter and First Battle of Bull Run

General in the Confederate army, inspired Confederate army in the First Battle of Bull Run and earned the nickname "Stonewall" for his unflinching bravery

First "real" battle of the Civil War, it was expected by Union officials to be short but ended up a Confederate victory; also called "First Manassas"

He was a Union general that was in charge during the beginning of the war. He "defeated Lee," at Antietam, securing a much needed Union victory; nicknamed "Little Napoleon;" fired by Lincoln for being too cautious

Replaced Joseph Jonston to become Commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War.

Union general whose army suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of Robert E. Lee in the Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas).

Lee's cavalry commander; sent to raid Pope from the rear at the Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas); raided Pope's HQ while the general was away

Civil War battle that ended in a decisive victory for Confederate General Robert E. Lee, who was emboldened to push further into the North.

the use of a fleet of ships to prevent ships carrying supplies from reaching ports

Ships that slip past a blockade to deliver goods

Union General who destroyed Georgia during "March to the Sea" from Atlanta to Savannah; example of total war

Union General who forced the surrender of Vicksburg and became general in chief of all Union armies he forced lee to fight a series of decisive battles which led to the Confederate surrender

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.

Grant besieged the city from May 18 to July 4, 1863, starving it until it surrendered, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union.

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; The Union discovered Lee's plans of attack wrapped in a pack of cigars. After this "win" for the North, Lincoln announced the Emancipation Proclamation

Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.

General who replaced McClellan. He resigned his command voluntarily after his failure at the Battle of Fredericksburg

A battle in which the Union tried to dislodge Confederates from their bunkers. This failed miserably and the Union lost two times as many men as the Confederates

United States general in the Union Army who was defeated by Robert E. Lee in Chancellorsville

A battle where Lee daringly divided his numerically inferior army and sent Stonewall Jackson to attack the Union flank. This was successful strategy as it was one of the Confederates most successful victories of the war. However, during the battle Jackson was shot and killed by friendly fire which depleted the moral of the confederate force.

turning point in the Civil War for the North because Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again; bloodiest battle in the Civil War

Union general best known for defeating Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg; fired by Lincoln for not finishing Lee off.

Confederate general at 2nd Bull Run and Antietam; Becomes Lee's right hand man after Jackson dies

Confederate general who led "Pickett's charge" at Gettysburg; the charge lasted only fifty minutes and resulted in over 3,000 Confederate dead

wearing the other side down with constant attacks

Union General that marched through the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia, destroying farms, livestock, crops, and anything else in his path; his orders were to make the valley a "baren waste."

Civil War battle where the Union wins control of an important railroad center near Chattanooga, Tennessee

nicknamed the "Rock of Chickamauga" because of his defense there that saved the Union Army.

Confederate and Union deserters

Sherman's march from Atlanta, Georgia, to Savannah, Georgia which cut off confederate supplies received by the sea. They wanted to destroy the Southern economy and morale, leading to Southern surrender.

Democrat from Tennessee selected to be Lincoln's running mate in the hopes that it would help bring the South back into the Union.

heavily wooded area west of Fredricksburg where Grant attacked Lee knowing he could afford to lose more men and still win

Lee surrenders here, but Grant offers the Confederacy good surrender terms to try to reunify the country.

was an American stage actor who, as part of a conspiracy plot, assassinated Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865.