Battles
A counterattack based on the Union army finding General Lee's battle plan.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
A General who was shot by his own troops.
Who was General Stonewall Jackson?
The first woman nurse who helped form the United States Sanitary Service.
Who was Elizabeth Blackwell?
The location of the worst military prison camps during the Civil War.
What is Andersonville?
Escaped slaves who could join the Union army in South Carolina.
What are contrabands?
The battle where Stonewall Jackson's nickname originated.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run?
A General that captured New Orleans and was a Union naval leader from Tennessee who refused to serve in the Confederacy.
Who is General David Faragut?
A woman who had four brothers that served in the war.
Who was Mary Todd Lincoln?
The location where the first shots of the Civil War began.
What is Charleston?
The African American who was born into slavery but later escaped and became the leading abolitionist of the early 19th century.
Who was Fredrick Douglas?
The battle that took place on April 6, 1862 which involved Grant being surprise-attacked by the Confederacy.
What is The Battle of Shiloh?
A General who made the Anaconda plan during the Civil War.
Who is General Winfield Scott?
A woman who headed more than 3,000 paid nurses in the Union army.
Who was Dorthea Dix?
The location where General McClellan and a huge force camped out in April, 1862.
What is Yorktown?
Frederick Douglass's son who served in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry.
Who was Lewis Douglass?
The battle in March 1862 where pro-Confederate forces met in northwest Arkansas.
What is the Battle of Pea Ridge?
A General whose army found General Lee's battle plan and used it to plan a counter attack at the Battle of Antietam.
Who is General George McClellan?
A volunteer who organized the collection of medicine and supplies for delivery to the Union troops on the battlefield.
Who was Clara Barton?
The town that was attacked by the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, which made them famous.
What is Fort Wagner?
A slave who stole a Confederate ship to set free 15 other slaves.
Who was Robert Smalls?
The battle where General Lee and Stonewall Jackson launched a surprise attack on General Pope’s forces, resulting in a Confederate victory.
What is the Second Battle of Bull Run?
A Confederate general who covered an area in Vicksburg with heavy guns in an attempt to defend Vicksburg.
Who was General John C. Pemberton?
An author from the south who wrote about the struggles of the war.
Who was Mary Boykin Chesnut?
The location where Union forces advancing from Colorado defeated the Confederates in August, 1861.
What is Glorieta Pass?
A woman who was a Union army recruiter of African American men.
Who was Sojourner Truth?