Chapter 14 Civil War Battles and Events Flashcard

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City in Tennessee, an important rail center whose loss by the Confederacy opened the door for the Union to advance into Georgia.

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Chattanooga

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Site of Lee’s surrender to Grant.

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Appomattox Court House

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Three-day battle in Pennsylvania between Lee’s forces and the Union army, site of Pickett’s Charge.

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Gettysburg

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Battle in Virginia in which Stonewall Jackson was fatally wounded.

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Chancellorsville

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Last city on the Mississippi River to fall to the Union.

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Vicksburg

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Battle in Maryland, the bloodiest one-day battle of the war.

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Antietam

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First battle of the war, a Confederate victory, where Stonewall Jackson earned his nickname.

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First Battle of Bull Run

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Each of the following were difficulties the Union had in raising an army except that _____: the population in the North was smaller than that in the South, some Irish-Americans rioted in protest of draft laws, many soldiers deserted, many men hired substitutes to fight in their place.

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the population in the North was smaller than that in the South

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Each of the following was true about raising an army in the South except that _____: men could get one exemption for every twenty slaves they owned, poor men resented that rich men did not have to fight, enthusiasm for enlisting declined as the war continued, slaves were allowed to fight for the South throughout the war.

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slaves were allowed to fight for the South throughout the war

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The Merrimack and the Monitor were _____?

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iron-clad warships that engaged in a famous naval battle