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Chapter 16 Terms
Mrs. Kercher
Fort Sumter
Union fort
Off coast of SC
First shots
Confederates firedfirst shots 4/12
Robert E. Lee
Confederate General
Originally on the Union side
King Cotton
Military strategy of the confederacy
Hoped foreign dependency on cotton would bring alliance support
Anaconda PlanNorth’s military strategy
Developed by Scott
Wanted to strangle the south’seconomy
The Monitor
Union ironclad
The Merrimack
Confederate ironclad
Renamed the Virginia
enlist
To sign up to fight in the military
Ulysses S. Grant
Union General
Battle of Antietam
Bloodiest battle
Lee withdrew troops
McClellan was fired by Pres. Lincoln
Sevens’ Day Battles
Battles that took placein VA. Lee and McClellanfight over a period of time.
Casualties were horrific
McClellan’s troop retreatand hopes of capturing Richmond fail.
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