Lecture 10 Key Terms
Politics of War (1862-1863)
Trent Affair
James M. Mason
John Slidell
C.S.S. Florida
C.S.S. Alabama
cotton exports
Conservative Republicans
Radical Republicans
Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862)
Island No. 10 (April 7, 1862)
New Orleans (April 28, 1862)
Memphis (June 6, 1862)
Shenandoah Valley Campaign 1862
The Seven Days Battles (June 25 – July 1, 1862)
2nd Battle of Bull Run/2nd Manassas
(August 28-30)
Maryland
Battle of Antietam/Battle of Sharpsburg (Sept 17)
1st Confiscation Act [link]
2nd Confiscation Act [link]
Emancipation Proclamation [link]
- Announced on September 22, 1862
- takes effect on January 1, 1863
African-American Suffrage
(Source: Alexander Keyssar, The Right to Vote: The Contested History of Democracy in the United States, New York: Basic Books, 2000.)
War Democrats
Peace Democrats (Northern Democrats)
Copperheads
Congressional Elections 1862
| Party |
Total Seats (change) |
Seat percentage |
| Republican Party |
86 |
-22 |
46.4% |
| Democratic Party |
72 |
+28 |
38.9% |
| Unionist Party |
25 |
-5 |
13.5% |
| Independents |
2 |
+1 |
1.0% |
| Totals |
185 |
+2 |
100.0% |
Fredericksburg (December 11-15, 1862)
Marye’s Heights
Committee Of Nine
“fire in the rear”
Enrollment Act of Conscription
(signed into law March 3, 1863)
Chancellorsville (May 1863)
Clement Vallandigham
General Burnside
General Order No. 38 [Military District of Ohio
Suspension of Habeas Corpus Act
Siege of Vicksburg May-July, 1863
