Civil War Vocab/Introso that hopefully you don’t get lost

Basic Concept

The Civil War is the South’s war for independence. They were trying to leave the United States. Therefore, the two sides who fought are called morons: United States of America Confederate States of America

North South

Federals Confederates

Yankees Rebels

Blue (typical uniform color) Gray (uniform color when possible)

Which title is missing? Where would it go?

Battles

1.A battle is not a war. A war is not a battle. A battle is a smaller, localized fight within a war. A war is longer and usually consists of multiple battles).

2.Just to make life more confusing for you as future students of history - or, more likely, just because the two sides kind of despised each other, the two sides used a different system for naming battles:

a. The North named battles by the body of water that they were fought near

b. The South named battles by the town they were were fought in/near

c. This is why some battles have two names (Manassas/Bull Run, Antietam/Sharpsburg, etc.)

Photography

The Civil War is the first American war that we have a lot of photos from - in theory, a real moment can be captured.

Even though Photoshop didn’t exist yet, photos still weren’t 100% accurate. Photographers sometimes staged soldiers, bodies, etc.

Conditions

Try to always remember the Union war strategy and how that will affect the South. Supplying their soldiers will be a struggle for the South all through the war.

Robert F. Hoke

NC Portrait on p224 (green book)

1. Where was Robert F. Hoke from?2. How old was he when he achieved the rank of Brigadier General under Robert E. Lee?3. Who does Hoke say that the Confederates have yielded to?4. What things did Hoke do after the war?

Civil War Letter

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Civil War Letter Assignment

1. What impressions of the war do you get from the letter…A. For the soldiers?

B. For soldiers’ wives at home?

Civil War Romanticism

“Civil War Stories” on p225 (green book)6. Where do romantic ideas of the Civil War come from?7.   Describe Southern conditions right after the war.8.   When & why did ideas about the war start to change?9. Was romanticism of the war only in the South?  Why or why not?