Famous Yankees
President that issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who was President Abraham Lincoln?
He was President of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
The first shots of the Civil War erupted April 12, 1861 here.
Fort Sumter (near Charleston, SC)
The seceding southern states names themselves.
Confederate States of America
City in SC burned down by Sherman on his "March to the Sea"
Where is Columbia, SC?
Was the commander of the Union Army, that eventually became President?
Who Is Ulysses S. Grant
He was offered to be the head of the Union army but declined due to his loyalty to the state of Virginia.
Robert E. Lee
The battle at Bull Run is also known as:
Manassas
President Abraham Lincoln gave a famous speech about this battle in the Civil War.
Gettysburg Address?
City in Georgia that Sherman didn't burn and gave to President Lincoln for Christmas. The Union used it as a port.
Where is Savannah, GA?
General Ulysses S. Grant's Right Hand Man.
Who is General William Tecumseh Sherman
He stood like a wall at the battle of Bull Run.
Stonewall Jackson?
The Confederate surrender in this battle ensured Union control of the Mississippi River and cut the South in two.
Vicksburg
Years the Civil War began and ended.
1861-1865
Place where Less surrendered to Grant.
Appomattox, VA
He burned Atlanta on his "March to the Sea."
General Sherman
After the war _______ became president of Washington College, until his death in 1870.
Robert E. Lee
Battle in Virginia, where Lee used snipers and the high ground to defeat the Union forces. This was a big morale builder for the South.
Fredericksburg
Name the two vessels involved in the Battle of the Ironclads
Monitor & Merrimac
Name 3 of the 6 Deep South states that followed South Carolina in seceding from the Union.
What are Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Florida.
Was in charge of the Peninsula Campaign.
General McClellan
Was a former Secretary of Defense and served in the Mexican-American War?
Jefferson Davis?
Over 23,000 dead or wounded soldiers, which was the single bloodiest day of battle in U.S. History.
Battle of Antietam
Lincoln was member of which party?
Republican
Countries that The South wanted to support them and trade with them?
France and Great britain
This General came up with a plan to encircle the South and blockade it?
General Winfield Scott
There were 3 major Confederate generals from Virginia, name two?
Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Jeb Stewart
Battle in Tennessee which began with a surprise attack by Confederate forces on Sherman's Union Army. The Union Army was able to battle back and eventually win.
Shiloh
Name of the strategy that would encircle the South and limit their ability to trade with foreign powers.
The Anaconda plan
The place where Lincoln was assassinated?
Fords Theater, Washington DC