Civil War Names (People)
The President of the United States during the American Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The first battle of the Civil War fought in Charleston, South Carolina.
What was Fort Sumter?
Virginia
Confederate
This state became a slave state as part of the Missouri Compromise.
What is Missouri?
This famous former slave was one of the conductors on the Underground Railroad.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
The President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War.
...also the only president the Confederacy would ever have.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
At this early Civil War battle, citizens famously came to watch the action, only to be run over in the Union's retreat.
What was First Bull Run / First Manassas?
Pennsylvania
Union
This state became a free state as part of the Missouri Compromise (had previously been part of Massachusetts).
What is Maine?
President Lincoln was shot while doing this.
What is watching a play?
Assassinated President Lincoln in Ford's Theatre just before the end of the Civil War.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
After this battle, President Lincoln issued his famous Emancipation Proclamation.
What is Antietam?
Texas
Confederate
This state was the first to secede from the United States in the run up to the Civil War.
What is South Carolina?
The biggest killer of soldiers during the Civil War.
What is disease/infection?
This famous Confederate general earned a unique nickname when he refused to run away First Bull Run / First Manassas.
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
Following this battle, the Confederacy primarily fought on the defensive, and President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
Delaware
Union (Border State)
This compromise led to the newly strengthened Fugitive Slave Act.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This famous former slave was an advisor to President Lincoln during the Civil War?
Who is Frederick Douglas?
This man sued for his freedom after being taken into a free state prior to the Civil War. The Supreme Court used this case to determine that African Americans were not citizens of the United States.
Who is Dred Scott?
Site of the surrender of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
What is the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
Kentucky
Union (Border State)
The famous architect of both the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850.
Who is Henry Clay?
This man took over for President Lincoln after his assassination.
Who is Andrew Johnson?