Gettysburg
What year did the Civil War start?
1861
What was General Lee’s goal when he invaded Union territory before Gettysburg?
He attempted to invade Union territory but was stopped at Gettysburg.
What happened at Fort Stedman on March 25, 1865?
Confederate troops captured it, but an immediate Union counterattack reversed the victory.
Where did Lee surrender to Grant, ending the Civil War?
Appomattox Court House
What was the name of the Union ironclad ship that fought the CSS Virginia?
The USS Monitor
When was President Lincoln assassinated?
April 14, 1865.
What city fell to Sherman’s men by mid-February 1865?
Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina
Who was president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis.
What percentage of Civil War deaths were caused by disease?
Sixty percent (60%).
What did the Battle of Gettysburg do?
It ended the South’s attempt to invade the North.
What happened at Fort Stedman on March 25, 1865?
The Confederates captured it, but the Union quickly took it back.
When did President Lincoln give the Gettysburg Address?
After the Battle of Gettysburg, when a cemetery was being dedicated to fallen Union soldiers.
Where did Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrender?
At Durham Station, North Carolina.
What city did Sherman capture at the end of his March to the Sea?
Savannah, Georgia.
What was true after Gettysburg?
The Union Army grew as more soldiers joined.
What did General Sherman do on his March to the Sea?
He devastated Georgia.
What city did General Sherman capture before starting his March to the Sea?
Atlanta.
What river did Grant and Meade chase Lee along before his surrender?
The Appomattox River.
Who assassinated President Lincoln, and where did it happen?
John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Why did General Grant put Petersburg under siege?
It would help weaken the Confederacy.
Who did Confederate President Jefferson Davis give supreme command to at the end of the war?
General Robert E. Lee.
Which two South Carolina cities did Sherman’s troops capture in 1865?
Columbia and Charleston.
What did the Northern victory in the Civil War achieve?
It preserved the United States as one country and ended slavery.
Who became the leader of the Union Army in the west?
General William T. Sherman.