Names
President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
First official battle of the war
Bull Run (Manassas)
"I will make Georgia Howl"
Who am I?
Sherman
Battle that won independence for Texas from Mexico
Battle of San Jacinto
Where gold was first found in California
Sutter's Mill
General famous for his valley campaign was was killed by "friendly fire"
Stonewall Jackson
Important battle on the Mississippi river that seals the fate of the Confederacy
Vicksburg
Where Lee surrendered
Appomattox Courthouse
Famous party that was trapped in the Sierras and forced into cannibalism.
Donner Party
Important Supreme Court decision on slavery and slave rights
Dred Scott Decision
Assassinated Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Battle that featured a failed plan to dig a mine and attack with explosives
Petersburg
Winfield Scott's initial plan to defeat the South
Anaconda Plan
Treaty that annexed much of the west to the US after the Mexican War.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
John Brown attempted a slave revolt here
Harper's Ferry
Initial General in charge for the North
George McClelland
Bloodiest one day battle of the Civil War.
It also gives Lincoln the chance to enact what famous document?
Antietam
Emancipation Proclamation
Most notorious prisoner of war camp
Andersonville
Name of California's short lived republic
Bear Flag Republic
This event sparked the southern state's secession
Election of Abraham Lincoln
Led a famous , yet disasterous charge at Gettysburg
Pickett
Its nickname was the battle above the clouds
Battle of Lookout Mountain
What does Sic Semper Tyrannis mean?
Thus always to Tyrants
President during the Mexican War
James K Polk
The idea promoted by Stephen Douglas that states should decide on slavery
popular sovereignty