Civil War Battles
Getting Around Gettysburg
Chain of Command
Buford's Boys
Just the Facts, Mam
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This battle was the changing point in the American Civil War.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
100
The name of the hill that the Union army occupied after the first day of fighting at Gettysburg.
What is Cemetery Hill?
100
The highest ranking officer in an army: Robert E. Lee.
What is a general?
100
Buford is in charge of this portion of the Union army.
What is the cavalry?
100
At least one third of the Union army was made up of these.
What are immigrants?
200
This fort was held by Union troops in South Carolina was bombed by the Confederates, sparking the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter?
200
Chamberlain's men must have been tired when the arrived at Gettysburg, they were originally from this state.
What is Maine?
200
The second highest ranking officer in an army: James Longstreet.
What is a lieutenant general?
200
When Buford hears this call, he believes he is outnumbered.
What is the "rebel yell"?
200
Two-thirds of the men who died in the Civil War died from this, not battle wounds.
What is disease?
300
This army devised the "Anaconda Plan" to win the war by creating a naval blockade to cut off supplies from the enemy.
What is the Union army?
300
A Confederate soldier overhearing a man named Freemantle couldn't help but detect this country's accent.
What is England?
300
The third highest command in the army: the Union army had four of them at Gettysburg (Buford, Reynolds, Meade, Hancock)
What is a major general?
300
Previously in the war, Buford held off Longstreet's superior numbers for six hours at this location.
What is the Thorofare Gap?
300
Known today as Arlington National Cemetery, this was once his estate before the Union army confiscated it and turned it into a cemetery.
Who is Robert E Lee?
400
This battle was the Civil War's deadliest one-day fight.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
400
The Potomac River separates these two states, both to the south of Gettysburg.
What are Maryland and Virginia?
400
The fourth highest in the chain of command: the Confederate army had two at Gettysburg (Armistead, Garnett)
What is a brigadier general?
400
Buford anxiously awaits word that this man's infantry will relieve his cavalry at Gettysburg.
Who is Reynolds?
400
This man called for a Constitutional Amendment advocating "colonization" (deporting) of all American slaves both before and during the Civil War.
Who is Lincoln?
500
This is the name of the battleships used during the Civil War.
What are "Ironclads"?
500
Lee's army is en-route to this Pennsylvania town when reports of Union troops surface.
What is Harrisburg?
500
The fifth highest officer in the army: there was only one at Gettysburg (Chamberlain)
What is a colonel?
500
This man accuses Buford of not assisting him in battle on Wednesday, July 1st.
Who is Howard?
500
This world-wide relief agency was founded by Clara Barton during the Civil War
What is the Red Cross?
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