Civil War Drama
This important document was issued after the Battle of Antietam and signed on January 1, 1863.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Big Boy... also a veteran of the War of 1812 and the Mexican American War.
Who is Winfield Scott?
This was the biggest battle of the Civil War and is considered the turning point of the war.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This man attacked Harpers Ferry and tried to start a slave revolt.
Who is John Brown?
"Four score and seven years ago..."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This amendment formally ended slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This general marched his army from Atlanta to Savannah destroying infrastructure and freeing slaves.
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
This was the battle where Robert E. Lee surrendered.
What is the Battle of Appomattox Courthouse?
This man escaped slavery and became a very famous abolitionist, author, and orator.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
"War is hell."
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
This was the main cause of death in the American Civil War.
What are diseases?
This General was extremely defensive and rude to Abraham Lincoln, even running against him in the 1864 Election.
Who is George B. McClellan?
This is the single bloodiest day in American History.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This woman was a famous conductor on the Underground Railroad helping to free over 750 people in her lifetime.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
"It is well that war is so terrible, otherwise we should grow too fond of it."
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This state was formed after they broke away from the Confederacy to stay in the Union.
What is West Virginia?
This General was very racist. Like extremely racist. Like joining a white supremacist terrorist organization and becoming its first leader racist.
Who is Nathan Bedford Forrest?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This famous actor was a southern sympathizer, and white supremacist who would later assassinate Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Boothe?
"I prayed for freedom for twenty years, but received no answer until I prayed with my legs"
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This incident was when Confederate envoys were found on a British Ship.
What is the Trent Affair?
This General was known for winning the Battle of Gettysburg, and was also known for his short temper giving him the nickname "Snapping Turtle"
Who is George Meade?
What is Vicksburg?
These were the names given to a stereotypical Union and Confederate soldier.
Who are Billy Yank and Johnny Reb?
"I have never advocated war except as a means of peace. Seek peace, but prepare for war."
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?