Border States
Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri
enlist
to join the armed forces
tributory
smaller river flows into bigger area
Ironclads
Wooden ships with metal armor that were employed by both sides during the Civil War.
Emancipation Proclamation
Proclamation issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union.
casualty
a person killed or injured in a war or accident
Habeas Corpus
An order to produce an arrested person before a judge.
Draft
A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military
Bounty
Reward or payment
Greenback
a piece of U.S. paper money first issued by the North during the Civil War
Entrench
Fortify; reinforce; secure.
Flank
The side or edge of a military formation
Resistance
In psychoanalysis, the blocking from consciousness of anxiety-laden material.
Total Warfare
When a country uses all of its resources that they have to put themselves into a war
Abe Lincoln
President during the Civil Warrior
Thomas Jackson
Confederate general whose men stopped Union assault during the Battle of Bull Run
George McClellan
union general, 1st commander, overly cautious, fired by Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
Union general
Robert E Lee
Confederate general
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederate States of America
George Meade
Commanded the Union Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg
Joseph Hooker
United States general in the Union Army who was defeated at Chancellorsville by Robert E. Lee
George Pickett
Confederate general who fought at Gettysburg
William Sherman
First modern general to understand the concept of total war.