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.