Placed in charge of all Union forces after the Battle of Vicksburg - his goal was the total destruction of Confederate forces
Second Inaugural Address
focus was on the sin of slavery - Southern slave owners had been willing to make war on the Union rather than give up their slaves
Abraham Lincoln
"Honest Abe" ran for president on a platform that opposed the extension of slavery in the territories, but not in the South.
"Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Marching song for the Union Army to the tune of "John Brown's Body" with words by Julia Ward Brown
Battle of Antietam
aka Battle of Sharpsburg; bloodiest single day of the Civil War
"Anaconda Plan"
Northern long-term strategy suggested by General Winfield Scott that aimed at strangling the South
Election of 1860
Republicans nominated Lincoln, the Democrats chose one candidate from the North and another from the South. The split party allowed Lincoln to win, without winning a single Southern state.
Conscription (Draft)
required military service
Jefferson Davis
President of the Confederacy
Phillip Bazaar
first Hispanic-American to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor
