Battles
Site of the opening shots of the Civil War.
What is Fort Sumter/Charleston
Confederate surprise attack upon Union troops near an abandoned Methodist church in Tennessee.
What is Shiloh
Confederate victory after three days of fighting, Lee decides for the first time to march his army into Union territory.
What is the Second Battle of Bull Run
Who earned the nickname Unconditional Surrender?
Grant
True or False? The Union had a smaller population than the Confederacy.
False
Which Union victory helped Abraham Lincoln win reelection is 1864?
Atlanta
Which general took over for George McClellan?
Ambrose Burnside
Which group tried to use cotton diplomacy for help during the Civil War?
Confederacy
Union capture of these two forts that led to control of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.
What is Forts Henry and Donelson
Who commanded the Union forces in the West?
Grant
What did the Union call a series of battles toward the end of the war meant to capture the city of Richmond?
Wilderness Campaign
Amazing Confederate victory in which Union army is almost cut in half and Stonewall Jackson was fatally wounded
What is Chancellorsville
Which Confederate general surrendered at Vicksburg?
John Pemberton
About how many Americans died because of the Civil War?
620,000
Site of Lee's surrender to Grant
Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
Sherman's March to the Sea ended at this port city.
Savannah
Who was elected President of the Confederate States of America or the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Where did Grant experience his worst defeat during the Civil War?
Battle of Cold Harbor