Generals
The name of Sherman's movement from Atlanta to Savannah.
The March to the Sea
The capital of the Union.
Washington DC.
A battle often referred to as the 'turning point' of the American Civil War.
Battle of Gettysburg.
The Union used these to wrest control of the rivers from the South.
Ironclads.
Lincoln made his law practice and fame in this state.
Illinois.
Two generals who despite winning major battles for the Union did not pursue Robert E. Lee.
Meade and McClellan
Richmond.
Both sides used these to observe land and battlefields from above.
Hot air balloons.
Lincoln belonged to this new political party.
Republican Party.
The year Stonewall Jackson was killed by friendly fire.
1863
The major river fully captured by the Siege of Vicksburg.
Mississippi River
McClellan's last battle in charge of the Union armies.
Battle of Antietam.
A charge using this traditional bladed weapon helped push the Confederates back at Gettysburg.
Bayoneeeets!
Lincoln towered above most of his contemporaries at a height of ____.
6ft 4inches
Robert E. Lee enlisted this brigade commander to lead the main assault on the 3rd day of the Battle of Gettysburg.
George Pickett.
The name of the military academy in New York state, where many of the officers of the Civil War graduated.
West Point
The alternative name for the Battle of Bull Run.
The Battle of First Manassas.
Sea mines.
Three.
This general lost the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Joseph Hooker
The valley often fought over between Washington and Virginia.
Shenandoah Valley
The formation fought in by the Union army at the Battle of Gettysburg.
A fishhook.
Repeating.
Lincoln's fame began to climb after a fiery and crowd-gathering tour called ____.
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates.