1. CIVIL WAR PEOPLE AND PLACES

2. Confederate Army –S–S–S–South –G–G–G–Gray uniforms –N–N–N–Nickname - Rebels

3. Union Army Union Army –North –Blue uniforms –Nickname -Yankees

4. Potomac River Potomac River –Flows through Washington D.C. and into the Chesapeake Bay –Many Civil War battles around the river –General Lee crossed the Potomac twice thereby invading the North and threatening Washington D.C.

5. General George McClellan General George McClellan –Popular Union major general with the soldiers –Organized the Army of the Potomac –Too meticulous and slow-moving for the fast slow-moving for the fast battlefields and left his army battlefields and left his army sitting around too much sitting around too much –Ultimately he was removed from his duties by Lincoln from his duties by Lincoln

6. General Ulysses Grant General Ulysses Grant –Leading Union general –Captured Richmond in 1865 –Elected in 1868 to be our 18 th president

7. Richmond, Virginia Richmond, Virginia –Capital of the Confederacy because of iron works plant situated there Richmond, Virginia was captured by General Grant in 1865, effectively ending the war the war

8. Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln –Elected president in 1860 –Anti-slavery –His election provoked South Carolina to secede from the Union –Assassinated in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth

9. General Robert E. Lee General Robert E. Lee –Most celebrated general of the Confederate forces of the Confederate forces - Won the Seven Days Battle - Lost the Battle of Gettysburg - Ultimately surrendered Richmond in April 1865

10. General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson –Confederate general –Considered one of the most gifted tactical most gifted tactical commanders in U. S. history commanders in U. S. history –His own troops accidentally shot him shot him –He died of complications from his amputated arm and from his amputated arm and pneumonia a few days later pneumonia a few days later

11. Chickahominy River Chickahominy River – Southeast Virginia - 20 miles SE of Richmond – Major obstacle to General McClellan’s forces  in flood stage at the time  divided the Union Army even though they tried to build bridges

12. Seven Day’s Battle Seven Day’s Battle –Six battles fought over seven days from June 25 - July 1, 1862 near Richmond, VA from June 25 - July 1, 1862 near Richmond, VA –General Lee drove General McClellan and his army away from Richmond –McClellan retreated down the Virginia Peninsula

13. Shenandoah Valley Shenandoah Valley –in western Virginia –Blue Ridge Mountains to the east and Appalachian the east and Appalachian Plateaus to the west Plateaus to the west –Major site of many Civil War Battles

14. Yorktown, Virginia Yorktown, Virginia –City is southeast of Richmond –Site of battle between McClellan (Union) and Magruder (Confederates) –Obstacle to McClellan because of 10 miles of defense

15. Battle of Gettysburg –F–F–F–Fought in Gettysburg, PA –L–L–L–Largest number of casualties in any battle –C–C–C–Cited as the turning point of the war –M–M–M–Meade (Union) defeated Lee (Confederate) ending Lee’s invasion of the North