Jackson,
Thomas "Stonewall": General Robert E. Lee's "right-hand man"
Lee,
General Robert E.: Commander of Confederate forces
Longstreet,
James: Lee’s “old war horse”
"Malice
Toward None": Lincoln’s approach to the South (from his second
inaugural)
"March
to the Sea," Sherman's Journey: Photographs from the national
archives
Miles,
Nelson: Became General-in-Chief of the Army
Petersburg:
Strategically important, Virginia city
Photographers
of America's Civil War: Matthew Brady, Alexander Gardner, etc.
Pickett,
George: Gettysburg, “Pickett’s Charge”
Primary
Sources, Confederacy: Click on “treasury” (second paragraph)
John Wilkes Booth: Capture and death of the presidential assassin
Reconstruction: The South rejoins the Union
River
Defense Fleet: Building a Confederate navy - (see sixth bullet)
Shape-Note
Singing: Featured in Cold Mountain - definition/examples
Shenandoah
Valley: Grant’s instructions - "Lay waste to it"
Sherman,
William Tecumseh: Destructive “March to the Sea”
Siege
of Petersburg: Led to end of war
Siege
of Petersburg, Photographs: Lee forced to evacuate city (2 April
1864)
Slaves,
Freed: Freed slaves fought for the Union
South,
Rejoins Union: Painful years of "reconstruction"
"Stonewall
Brigade": Stonewall Jackson’s troops
"Stonewall" Jackson: Lee's "right-hand" man killed by "friendly fire"
Stuart,
"Jeb": Famous Confederate cavalry officer
Stuart,
"Jeb": Had a key role at Chancellorsville
Surrender:
Lee and key officers surrender to Union in April of 1865 - (see last two
paragraphs which include link to Confederates' flag of truce)
Tissue
Samples, Deceased Soldiers: Preserved in paraffin for future
study
Transcontinental Railroad Commenced: With the South
seceded from the Union, Congress passed laws to build the first transcontinental
railroad
Union
Officers: Photos of federal officers, from the national archives
Union
Troops: Pictures of soldiers in the field, from national
archives
"White
House," Richmond (VA): Home of Confederacy's president, Jefferson
Davis
Wirz,
Henry: Commander of infamous Andersonville Prison
