Vocabulary
Define Reverse
What is to go in the opposite direction.
Fredericksburg is located in this state.
What is Virginia.
Chancellorsville is located in this state.
What is Virginia
Gettysburg is located in this state.
What is Pennsylvania.
Vicksburg is located in this state.
What is Mississippi?
Define flank
What is the side or edge of a military formation
This general led the Confederate victory in Fredericksburg.
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
This side had twice as many troops in this battle.
Who is the North/Union
This general ordered an attack to "create a panic and virtually destroy the army."
Who is General Lee?
This Union general began the siege of Vicksburg in May to July lasting this many days.
What is 47 days?
Define entrench
What is To place within a trench or ditch for defense; to place in a strong defensive position
Southern forces took the higher ground and "dug in," leading them to a catastrophic victory over the North/Union forces.
What is entrenched
Name the general leading the South and the general leading the North.
Who is General Lee (North) and General Hooker (South).
This General led thousands of troops across open land charging the Union's position at Cemetery Ridge.
Who is General Pickett.
(this attack is famously known as Pickett's Charge!)
On this day, General Lee retreated from Gettysburg, and Vicksburg fell under Union control.
What is July 4, 1863.
Define Encounter
What is to meet; to come face-to-face with
Robert E. Lee defeated this general from the North so severely that he resigned.
Who is General Ambrose Burnside?
General Lee and General Jackson used this military tactic to defeat larger Union forces.
What is flank?
(Lee attacked from the front and Jackson attacked the Union's flank)
The Confederates hoped a victory at Gettysburg would gain the support of these two countries.
Who is Britain & France?
The fall of Vicksburg was a blow to the Confederates for this main reason.
What is the Union now controlled the Mississippi River?
(Also achieving the goal of the Anaconda Plan)
By the end of the war, Africian-American soldiers made up ____% of Union troops
What is 10 %?
On this date, the Union attacked the South in Fredericksburg.
What is December 13, 1862.
Hearing his friend was wounded and needing his arm amputated, he said, "He has lost his left arm, and I have lost my right." (Who said this?)
Who is General Lee
President Lincoln's two-minute, 272-word speech is considered one of the greatest speeches in American history to share the country's vision and dedicate a piece of land for what purpose?
What is the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg?
Days after the fall of Vicksburg, this last key southern port city fell, splitting the South in two.
What is Port Hudson, Louisiana?