Civil War People
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
Seized possessions and property during war; the north argued slaves were this and could be freed.
What is contraband?
South Carolina became the first state to do this in Dec. 1860
What is secession?
The first battle of the Civil War
What was the First Battle of Bull Run?
The first shots of the war were fired here
What is Fort Sumter? or Charleston, SC?
Which side called themselves the Confederacy
What is the South?
The Union general who later became President
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
Group of people opposed to slavery
What are abolitionists?
This event kicked off the Civil War
What was the attack on Fort Sumter?
This 3 day battle was the deadliest conflict in North American history
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
The capital of the Confederacy
What is Richmond, VA?
Northern advantages in the war.
What are population, technology, industrialization, railroads?
He shouted "thus always to tyrants" after he shot the President.
Who is John Wilkes Booth
Tried to take the ammunition supply at Harper's Ferry.
Who is John Brown?
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863
What is the Gettysburg Address?
After this battle the Civil War became a war of attrition for the South.
What is the battle of Vicksburg?
Local town where Frederick Douglass spent much of his time.
What is New Bedford, MA?
A new type of gun that replaced muskets during the war
What is a rifle?
Turned down the job from the North Army to take full command of the South's Army
Who is General Robert E. Lee
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
A white southern woman who kept a diary during the Civil War.
Who is Mary Chestnut?
Bloodiest SINGLE DAY battle in the war
What is the Battle of Antietam
Sherman's March to the Sea ended in this city
What is Savannah, GA?
The capital city of the Confederate States
What was Richmond, Virginia?
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William Sherman?
Mandatory military service; this was put into place in the North and the South
What is a draft?
This law required slaves caught in the North to be returned to their masters in the South.
What is the fugitive slave law?
This battle secured Union control of the Mississippi River
What is the Siege of Vicksburg?
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, West Virginia and Delaware
What are slave states that remained in the union?
The most common cause of death during the war
What is disease/infection?
An infamously cautious Union general; He was removed from his post after the Battle of Antietam
Who is General McClellan?
What is the westernmost battle of the Civil War involving casualties?
What is the Battle at Picacho Peak?
The setting of the Drummer Boy of Shiloh.
What is a peach orchard?
In this battle, the Union captured an important rail/industrial center in the South
What is the capture of Atlanta?
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in April 1865
Where is Appomattox, VA?
General Winfield Scott's plan for defeating the South?
What is the Anaconda Plan?