The bombardment of this South Carolina military fort started the Civil War
What is Fort. Sumter
100
The names of the ironclad ships that fought at Hampton Roads at the mouth of the James River.
What is the Monitor and the Merrimac
100
Union general who burned Atlanta.
Who is General William T. Sherman
100
This is the major cause of the Civil War
What is slavery
100
The number of major battles during the Overland Campaign.
What is 4
200
The bloodiest single day of the Civil War occurred here.
What is Antietam or Sharpsburg
200
This is the location where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant thus bringing an end to the Civil War.
What is Appomattox Court House
200
General of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Prior to the Civil War, he was a top graduate at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York.
Who is General Robert E. Lee
200
16th President of the United States of America. Shortly after his election, South Carolina seceded from the Union.
Who is President Abraham Lincoln
200
The two turning points of the war in July, 1863
What are Gettysburg and Vicksburg
300
This three day battle is considered to be the turning point of the Civil War and also the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War.
What is Gettysburg
300
The capital city of the Confederate States of America.
What is Richmond, VA
300
Confederate general who received his infamous nickname during the First Battle of Bull Run; he also died after being shot by his own men.
Who is Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
300
This was a two part plan used to defeat the Confederates
What is the Anaconda Plan
300
This man shot Lincoln. write the full name
Who is John Wilkes Booth.
400
This battle in Mississippi resulted in a cut off of communication of Confederate forces and split the south in two.
What is Vicksburg
400
The place where Abraham Lincoln was shot.
What is Ford's Theater
400
Union general who won key battles in the west and was promoted as the only Lieutenant General of the Army of the Potomac
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
400
The general who was the Democrat nominee for the 1864 election
Who is George McClellan
400
The type of war Sherman used in his treacherous March to the Sea.
Who is war of attrition.
500
The winner of the Overland Campaign in Virginia in the spring of 1864
Who is the Union and General Grant
500
This town that had two major early battles of the Civil War.
What is Manassas, VA
500
This Union General retired shortly after began.
Who is General Winfield Scott
500
This was used in both the North and the South to get more soldiers to fight.