Battles
Confederate soldiers went into town to get supplies and were shot by Union soldiers.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Married to Abraham Lincoln and had three brothers fighting for the for the confederates.
Who is Mary Todd?
Law making it a federal crime to help runaway slaves.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
The first woman to earn a medical lisence
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
Waged total was on the March to the Sea.
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
Union soldiers pressed the Confederate troops back to just north of Richmond.
What is the Battle of Cold Harbor?
Mary and Abraham Lincoln had four children.
Who are Robert, Eddie, William, and Thomas?
Lincoln called for all slaves in Confederate controlled areas to be freed.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Her work formed the basis that would become the Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
Helped turn back Confederates from Little Round Top.
Who is Joshua Chamberlain?
Union forces and pro-confederate Missourians fought in Northwest Arkansas.
What is the Battle of Pea Ridge?
Lincoln was shot and killed by an actor in Fords Theater.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Amendment that abolished slavery.
What is the 13th amendment?
Headed more than 3000 women as paid nurses.
Who is Dorthea Dix?
Was forced to retreat from Richmond and later let Lee retreat to Virginia.
Who is George B. McClellan?
The Union won greater control of the Mississippi River valley.
What is the Battle of Shiloh?
Like many other families, Lincoln played sports with his kids.
What is wrestling?
The Union Army in South Carolina was mostly made up of escaped slaves.
What are contrabands?
Wrote about events in her diary.
Who is Mary Boykin Chestnut?
Able to cover area with heavy guns because of bluffs.
Who is John C. Pemberton?
During the summer of 1862, Lee strengthened his positions and began attacking McClellan's army.
What is the Seven Days Battle?
Everyone stores their notecards in a different place, Lincoln did too.
What is a top hat?
Union attack on Port Hudson.
What is the 54th Massachusetts Infantry?
Established a hospital in Richmond.
Who is Sally Louisa Tompkins?
Developed the Union's basic two-part strategy.
Who is Winfield Scott?