He realized before anyone else what this war would cost 
William T Sherman
This battle began the Civil War
Fort Sumter
The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in these states
States in rebellion (Confederate States)
He was the most famous black man in the US during the Civil War
Frederick Douglass
The Union Navy would do this to the Atlantic coast of the Confederacy
Blockade
This general fired on Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, igniting the Civil War
Pierre Gustave Toutant-Beauregard
Name as many commanding generals of the Army of the Potomac as you can
Irwin McDowell, George McClellan, Ambrose Burnside, Joseph Hooker, George Meade, US Grant
Held the same rank as George Washington

US Grant
A Union defeat, where members of congress came out to picnic
1st Battle of Bull Run/ Manassas
Despite notable exemptions, most members of this party came form the south
Democrat
Escaped slaves who ran to the Union Army were employed as this
Laborers
Lincoln could not afford these to join the Confederacy
Border States
Union soldiers starved to death and died of disease in this notorious Georgia prison camp
Andersonville
Noted cavalry commander
Nathan Bedford Forrest
This regiment may have saved the Union Army at Gettysburg
20th Maine Infantry
Lincoln needed a victory to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. He found one here
Antietam/ Sharpsburg
Former slaves were promised this at the end of the war by the Union Army
40 acres and a mule
The south hoped for intervention from what nation?
England
Lee's Army was called
The Army of Northern Virginia
Elected in 1861
Jefferson Davis
Vicksburg
This general would run against Abraham Lincoln in 1864 on a Democratic ticket
George B McClellan
Black soldiers in the Union Army did not have this until June, 1864
Equal pay
Grant always had this advantage over Robert E Lee
Superior numbers
The name for poorly made Army goods
Shoddy
Lost a son during the war
Mary Todd Lincoln
The only mistake that Grant admitted to during the war was ordering a charge at this 1864 battle
Cold Harbor
This caused riots in New York that raged for days
The Draft
Union General Benjamin Butler, citing that the Fugitive Slave Act no longer applied, referred to runaway slaves as this
Contraband
Robert E Lee, looking to ease the strain on the south would invade what state in 1862?
Maryland
The best 4th of July the Union had during the war
1863
Served nearly the entire war from the Baltimore Riots to Appomattox
Clara Barton
General George Pickett led the final charge at this 1863 battle
Gettysburg
With the capture of two Confederate diplomats, this incident caused friction between England and the US
The Trent Affair
Because the south would not treat black prisoners of war equally to white Union prisoners, Grant ended this practice
Prisoner Exchange
Capturing this would cut the south in half
Mississippi River
This phrase was used to vent the frustration that rich slave owners could pay for a substitute to fight in the military for them
Rich Man's War, Poor Man's Fight
Professor from Maine
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Ambrose Burnside led troops across this creek in 1862
Antietam
Flour
This ended slavery once and for all
The 13th Amendment
Robert E Lee is criticized for pressing an attack in this fateful charge
Pickett's Charge
These words were shouted by John Wilkes Booth as he jumped to the stage of Ford's Theater
"Sic Semper Tyrannis" or "The South Is Avenged"
Secretary of State
William Seward
The bloodiest day in American history was fought here
Antietam/ Sharpsburg
Abraham Lincoln suspended this Constitutional right
Habeas Corpus
Nathan Bedford Forrest sacked this fort and murdered nearly 300 black Union soldiers defending it, many after they surrendered
Fort Pillow
Sherman, wishing to cut through the heart of the south, would march from Atlanta to this coastal city in Georgia
Savannah
Invented by a French colonel, this bullet did terrible damage to the body, often requiring amputation
Minie Ball
General and Presidential Candidate
George B McClellan
This battle featured trenches and tactics that would predict those in World War One
Petersburg
This man was the US Secretary of War
Edwin M Stanton
Despite being allowed to fight in the Union Army, black troops were not allowed to become this
Officers
The privateer CSS Alabama was built here
England
At Lincoln's death, he spoke the words, "Now he belongs to the ages"
Edwin M. Stanton
Killed at the first Battle of the Wilderness in 1863
Thomas J "Stonewall" Jackson
The second battle to occur on this ground, wounded soldiers perished in a forest fire, surrounded by corpses from the battle a year previous
The Wilderness
This man served Lincoln as Secretary of State
William Seward
This regiment gained fame as the second black regiment in US history and was the basis for the film "Glory"
54th Massachusetts
Anchoring the left flank of the Union Army, this hill was the key to the victory at Gettysburg
Little Round Top
These two victories secured the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1864
Mobile and Atlanta