Chapter 17 The Civil War Vocabulary
Border States Slave states that remained in the Union—Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri
Emancipate To be free
Emancipation Proclamation Document that declared on Jan. 1 1863 all slaves living in the Confederate states were to be freed
Iron Clad warships with protective iron plates
Casualties military term for people killed, wounded or missing in action
Draft A law that required all able-bodied men between the ages of 20-45 to serve in the military if called upon
Civilians People who are not in the armed forces
General Robert E. Lee Commander of the Confederate Army
General George McClellan He was the 1st Commander of the Union army. He was replaced after the Battle of Antietam
General Stonewall Jackson (Thomas Jackson) He was a Confederate General who fought stubbornly at the Battle of Bull Run
General Ulysses S. Grant Commander of the Union Army at the end of the Civil War
Gettysburg Address Speech given by President Abraham Lincoln in November of 1863 to honor all the soldiers who had been killed at the Battle of Gettysburg
54th Massachusetts Regiment One of the most famous African American regiments in the Union Army
Total War Military tactic where everything useful to the enemy is destroyed…homes, farms, businesses, railroads. It effected the civilians as well as the soldiers
General William Tecumseh Sherman Union General who took control of the South by using Total War