Important People
This person was put in charge of the Union Army and would later become president.
Ulysseys S. Grant
This battle was the first one fought in the Civil War.
Bull Run
Both Lincoln and Davis suspended this right held by all citizens.
Habeas Corpus
Women took on these roles in the war.
Nurses, factory workers, teachers, and spies.
The person is famous for issuing the Emancipation Proclamation.
Abraham Lincoln
These battles were key Union victories and turned the war in the Union's favor.
Gettysburg and Vicksburg.
Grant pressured Lee at these battles.
Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and Cold Harbor.
This group of people were not allowed to fight in the war initially.
African Americans
This person became president of the Confederacy.
Jefferson Davis.
A battle so bloody, Abraham Lincoln gave a famous speech at the dedication.
Gettysburg
The thirteenth amendment, which freed the slaves in rebel territory, was passed on this date.
Septtember 22, 1862.
The North's goal for the war was to do this.
Preserve the Union
This person is infamous for burning his way to the sea and "making Georgia howl".
William T. Sherman
Bull Run is also know as this in the eyes of the Confederacy.
Manassas
DAILY DOUBLE: The Emancipation Proclamation was set to go into effect on _________________.
January 1, 1863
This was one of the first African American regiments that fought for the Union.
The 54th Massachusetts.
This Navy commander succeeded in setting a blockade at Mobile Bay in Alabama
David Farragut
In Virginia, these were stunning defeats of the Union Army on behalf of Confederate troops.
Chancellorseville.
The Civil War officially ended on this date.
April 9, 1865
These were Confederate weaknesses at the beginning of the war.
resources and people.