Battle of Gettysburg
This battle was won overwhelming by the least expected side to win.
What is the Union?
In this year, the first major battle began and the inauguration of Abraham Lincoln occured.
What is 1861?
What is the Mississippi River?
This army surrendered at the Apottomax Courthouse under pressure.
Who is Confederate General Robert E. Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia?
This battle was the bloodiest 3 day battle with a high number of casualties.
What is 51,000?
This famous Confederate general earned a nickname during this battle.
What is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
The battle caused civillians to escape and avoid bombardment.
What is Cave City?
This war began in his front yard in Manassas, Virginia and ended in his parlor in Appomattox Court House, Virginia.
Who is Wilmer McLean?
What is the Gettysburg Address?
Who were the picnickers?
The Union forces used specific tactics at Vicksburg to force the Confederates to surrender without a direct final assault.
General Ulysses S. Grant allowed Confederate soldiers to keep their animals and provided this supply instead of making them prisoners.
What are horses and rations?
This confederate leader led the Confederacy to many victories.
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
This major battle had more than one smaller battle taking place.
What is 2?
People in Vicksburg ate unusual food during the siege because supplies ran out.
What are Mules, rats, and other scarce animals?
Grant provided a large number of rations to Lee's soldiers.
What is 25,000?
This rocky hill was famously defended on the second day.
What is Little Round Top?
A mix-up during the Battle of Bull Run shattered their tactical flow, which caused them to hesitate to shoot.
What is the misidentification of uniforms?
This amphibious operation set a record that lasted up until WW2.
What is the Bruinsburg Crossing?
The main generals from both sides agreed that the Civil War would end.
What is passion and dignity?