Battles
Where was the first battle of the Civil War fought? No one was killed.
Fort Sumter
This man would create the Army of the Potomac. He would be placed in charge of all Northern Troops. He would later be removed by Lincoln and would run against him in 1864.
George B. McClellan
The north wanted to set up one of these to block Confederate trade.
A Blockade.
What did Abraham Lincoln create and give to commemorate the hard fought battle in Pennsylvania?
Gettysburg Address
Who was the general that used total war?
William Sherman
This battle is called Manassas by the south. It was the first Confederate victory of the war.
First Battle of Bull Run
He would lead the March to the Sea.
William T. Sherman
The north wanted to take this in order to split all the confederate forces in half.
the Mississippi
What did Abraham Lincoln create to free all slaves in the rebel areas.
Emancipation Proclamation
Where will Lee surrender all his troops to Grant?
Appomattox Court House
This is the bloodiest battle of the civil war. Over 23,000 people died. This stopped the Confederate advance upon the north.
Gettysburg
This man would be able to split the southern troops in half. He would accept the surrender of Lee. He would later go on to be President of the United States.
Ulysses S. Grant
The Confederates believed they would be victorious because the north would have to invade an area the size of Europe. The sotuh was going to fight a _________ war.
Defensive
What major event was the final straw that made the south secede from the Union
Lincoln won the election of 1860
What were the Monitor and Merrimack?
Ironclads
This is the bloodiest single day battle. This battle would end as a stalemate. Both sides were too sick and tired to continue fighting.
Antietam
The President of the Confederacy
Jefferson Davis
This group had more clearly defined goals for the war.
Where was Lincoln's body Buried?
Illinois
Which Admiral disguised his boats with Mississippi mud and fallen trees?
David Farragut
This was the final defeat for Robert E. Lee's men. This would allow the Union to take the Confederate Capital and it would force Lee to surrender his troops.
Apootmattox Courthouse
He would be a brilliant military leader, but will sadly fight for the south. He will die from pneumonia after being shot by his own men. He will also have to have his arm amputated.
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
This group had a better transportation system and controlled a majority of the nation's gold prior to the war.
North/ Union
Who killed Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
What building wad Lincoln Shot in?
Fords Theatre