Civil War People
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
The number of men who died in the Civil War.
What is 620,000?
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?
This 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. Name 3.
What are population, technology, industrialization, railroads?
Who is Clara Barton?
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This city was an important rail/industrial center that was captured in the South.
What is Atlanta?
Grant's armies converged on this southern city and trapped a Confederate army within it, bombing it for 48 days, with civilians still present.
What is Vicksburg?
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in April 1865
What is Appomattox Courthouse, VA?
Early on in the war, Lincoln fired this general because he would not follow Lincoln's commands.
Who is General McClellan?
Lincoln wanted to see this happen with the South as soon as the war was over.
What is welcome them back into the Union and help rebuild the South?
This battle had wildfires that raged out of control.
What was the Battle of the Wilderness?
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?
Southern soldiers could go home as long as they agreed to give up their guns and not fight the North any longer.
What happened at Five Forks after General Pickett initially won the battle?
He was hungry so he went to go get something to eat.
The capturing of this important city was important because it was a rail/industrial center in the South.
What is the capture of Atlanta?
These slave states remained in the union.
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, West Virginia and Delaware
The most common cause of death during the war
What is disease/infection?