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Battles of the Civil War
Battle Strategies
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Those slave states that did not secede from the union during the Civil War.
What is a Border State?
100
"stonewall" was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and one of the best-known Confederate commanders after General Robert E. Lee.
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
100
This place hosted the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War and is often described as the war's turning point.
What is Gettysburg?
100
This was the first battle of the War, and a large Confederate win.
what is Bull Run?
100
A war strategy where you would wage war on not only soldiers but civilians and resources. This was sued in Sherman's March to the Sea.
What is Total War?
200
The use of naval forces to stop shipping.
What is a blockade?
200
He was an American career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
200
it is a Third System masonry sea fort located in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The fort is best known as the site upon which the shots initiating the American Civil War were fired
What is Fort Sumter?
200
A northern victory fought in Tennessee, near the Mississippi River
What is The Battle of Shiloh?
200
this plan emphasized the blockade of the Southern ports, and called for an advance down the Mississippi River to cut the South in two.
What is The Anaconda Plan?
300
Those killed or wounded in battle.
What are casualties?
300
he was the 18th President of the United States following his highly successful role as a war general in the second half of the Civil War.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
300
This place served as the capital of the Confederate States of America during the vast majority of the American Civil War.
What is Richmond, Virginia?
300
part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with 22,717 dead, wounded and missing on both sides combined.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
300
was a confederate strategy that Britain and France required cotton from the South, so they would assist the South in the war. However, the Confederate States of America significantly overestimated the leverage that the cotton trade would give them.
What is King Cotton Diplomacy?
400
The drafting of men for Military service.
What is Conscription?
400
He was an enslaved African American who, during and after the American Civil War, became a ship's pilot, sea captain, and politician.
Who is Robert Smalls?
400
the defeat of the only Union attempt to capture Charleston, South Carolina, by land during the American Civil War.
What is the battle of James Island (secessionville).
400
known as Lee's "perfect battle" because his risky decision to divide his army in the presence of a much larger enemy force resulted in a significant Confederate victory. The victory, a product of Lee's audacity and Hooker's timid decision making, was tempered by heavy casualties and the mortal wounding of Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson to friendly fire.
What is the Battle of Chancellorsville?
400
A strategy of wearing down an enemy to the point of collapse through continuous loss of personnel and materials.
What is Wearing down the army?
500
An armored vessel used during the Civil War.
What is an Iron Clad?
500
He was a Confederate cavalry leader during the American Civil War and afterward a politician from South Carolina, serving as its 77th Governor and as a U.S. Senator.
Who is Wade Hampton III?
500
In a series of maneuvers, Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton into the defensive lines surrounding this fortress city.
What is Vicksburg?
500
May, 1862, Gen. Fitz-John Porter was sent by General MeClellan with a considerable force to keep the way open for McDowell's army to join him, which he persistently demanded, in order to venture on a battle for Richmond. Porter had some sharp skirmishes near Hanover Courthouse, and cut all railway connections with Richmond, excepting that from Fredericksburg.
What is the Battle of Seven Pines?
500
When the union denied the confederates out of there port cities.
What is a blockade?
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