Civil War People
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
The first battle of the Civil War
What was the First Battle of Bull Run?
The first shots of the war were fired here on April 12, 1861.
What is Fort Sumter? or Charleston, SC?
Which side called themselves the Confederacy
What is the South?
Border state that was close to Richmond and housed the capital of the Union.
What is Maryland?
The Union general who later became President.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This battle led to an end of support from Britain and France.
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?
Two Southern advantages in the war.
What are excellent military leaders and knowledge of the land?
Strong fighting spirit is also acceptable.
He shouted, "I need this man, he fights."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This completed the Union strategy to split the South in two with the Mississippi River.
What is the Vicksburg Siege?
South Carolina became the first state to do this in Dec. 1860.
What is secession?
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Created the Anaconda plan.
Who is General Winfield Scott?
The first to introduce the uses of trenches in the Civil War.
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
When one Confederate soldier lost a copy of the battle plan.
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?
Two terms of the surrender.
What are all men are paroled and can return to their homes safely?
(more possible answers - keep your board up)
Union General most famously known for his "March to the Sea"
Who is William Sherman?
This battle involved Pickett's Charge.
What is the battle of Gettysburg?
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, and Delaware.
What are the border states?
The most common cause of death during the war.
What is disease/infection?
Two things that Lincoln asked of slaves in the Emancipation Proclamation.
What are refrain from violence and get a job?
An infamously cautious Union general; He was removed from his post after the Battle of Antietam
Who is General McClellan?
In this battle, Gen. Thomas Jackson became known as Stonewall Jackson.
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in April 1865.
Where is Appomattox Courthouse, VA?
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This activity reached an all-time high during the war.
What is newspaper reading?