Facts About Abraham Lincoln
These were some of Lincoln's nicknames.
What were Honest Abe and Rail Splitter
This man came up with the South's military strategy
Who was Jefferson Davis
The name of the new type of bullet
What is the miniball
This was the type of boat heavily armored in iron
What was an ironclad
The name of the organization Clara Barton founded
What is the Red Cross
This was the holiday that Lincoln made official
What is Thanksgiving
What was general Meade's strategy during the Battle Of Gettysburg?
What was to resupply the front line
One of the Union's most valuable weapons
What are the railroads
He was the flag officer that captured New Orleans
Who is David Farragut
A commonly used procedure to save a soldier's life after being severely wounded
What was an amputation
This was Lincoln's main goal of the war
What was to preserve the Union
The Confederacy's early strategy of the war
What was to defend their territory and capture Washington D.C
What was so special about the new type of musket?
What is it could reload 8 times faster
The South used these to outrun the larger Union boats
What are blockade runners
She had led 3,000 paid nurses in the war
Who was Dorothea Dix
This general had ran against Lincoln in the election of 1864
Who was General George McClellan
Who developed the Union's two part strategy?
Who was Winfield Scott
This Union weapon was compared to Twitter
What is the telegraph
What was the name of the Union's ironclad?
What is the Monitor
Who had founded a hospital in Richmond for the soldiers?
Who was Sally Louisa Tompkins
What was the date Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address?
What was November 19, 1863
General Grant's strategy in the Battle of Shiloh
What was to hold their ground until reinforcements arrived
What had allowed the Confederates to cover area with heavy guns during the Siege of Vicksburg?
What were the Vicksburg bluffs
How did the Confederates create The Virginia?
What was they stole a Union ship and covered it in iron
Where were the worst conditions for prisoners of the war?
Where was Andersonville, Georgia