Civil War Vocab

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Union strategy during the Civil War to blockade Southern ports and capture the Mississippi River, resembling an anaconda squeezing its prey.

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Anaconda Plan

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Naval strategy by the U.S. to prevent the Confederacy from trading and resupplying.

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Union Blockade

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Infamous Civil War POW camp in Macon County, GA. Over 13,000 Union soldiers died.

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Andersonville

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Battles in northwest Georgia and Atlanta, summer 1864

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Atlanta Campaign

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Union victory; this battle brought Union forces closer to Atlanta but did not lead to its occupation.

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Battle of Atlanta

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Confederate victory; largest battle in Georgia; led to Chattanooga.

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Battle of Chickamauga

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Document declaring all slaves in rebellious states would be freed if the South didn't return to the Union by Jan 1, 1863.

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Emancipation Proclamation

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Sherman's campaign (Nov 15-Dec 25, 1864) aimed at Savannah, employing a scorched earth policy to diminish Southern resistance.

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March to the Sea

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U.S. Civil War Union leader known for "Sherman's March" through Georgia and the South

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William T Sherman

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Southern states that seceded in 1861

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Confederacy