6.3 Vocab
281. Abraham Lincoln: 16th President of the US, whose election in 1860 led to the secession of the Southern States. He insisted that the southern states were only in rebellion and never a new country.
282. Jefferson Davis: President of the Confederacy who firmly believed in state’s rights and the idea of a government having the consent of the people.
283. George McClellan: An early commander in chief of the Union army who was loved by his troops but was overly cautious in his battle plans, but did keep the South from invading the North and taking DC.
284. Robert E. Lee: Commander and chief of the Confederate army who was loved by his troops but had too much faith in them and not enough supplies and men to support his actions.
285. Anaconda Plan: Military plan to strangle the South by keeping all resources from other counties from getting in and keep the South from effectively moving troops and goods within its borders
286. War of Attrition: a prolonged war or period of conflict during which each side seeks to gradually wear out the other by a series of small-scale actions
287. Blockade: The closing off of a port, harbor, or city by ships and troops to prevent entrance or exit.
288. Exposure: Being left out in the elements (rain, cold, extreme hot, snow, mud) lowering the body’s ability to resist disease.
289. Unsanitary: Unclean, not hygienic, contaminated with germs
290. Antietam: Battle that is known as single bloodiest day of the civil war, where Union troops push the Confederates into retreating. It leads to the Emancipation Proclamation. 50,000 men would be wounded or killed in this day.