Extremely Useful Weapons
Main bullet used in the war
What was the Minie Ball
Was accidently shot by his own troops while riding the front lines
Who was Stonewall Jackson
The day Abraham Lincoln put the Emancipation Proclamation into effect
When was January 1, 1863
Created what is now the American Red Cross
Who was Clara Barton
Abraham Lincoln's most important speech
What was The Gettysburg Address
First way of mass communication using morse code
What was the telegraph
Who was William Tecumseh Sherman
Opposed the Emancipation Proclamation
Who were Northern Democrats
3 things women did to help the war effort
What is raising money, running emergency hospitals, and providing aid for soldiers
Amount of time Abraham Lincoln lived after the Civil War
What is 5 days
Vital weapon of transportation instead of marching
What are the railroads
Commanded the Union in the 2nd Battle of Bull Run
Who was John Pope
The battle that enabled the Emancipation Proclamation
What was the Battle of Antietam
Headed more than 3,000 women who served as paid nurses in the Union army
Who was Dorothea Dix
Abraham Lincoln's son that died during the Civil War
Who was William Lincoln
Warship heavily armored with iron
What was the Ironclad
Sailed boldly past the forts guarding New Orleans because he was unable to destroy them
Who was David Farragut
African Americans joined right after the Emancipation Proclamation
What is the military
Convinced President Lincoln to form the U.S. Sanitary Commision
Who was Elizabeth Blackwell
Abraham Lincoln's opponent in the 1864 Presidential Election
Who was George B. McClellan
Treated infected wounds and amputations
What is bromine
Developed the Union's 2 part strategy to destroy the South's economy
Who was Winfield Scott
Complained that the president had left "slavery, as a system..., still to exist in all the so-called loyal Slave States."
Who was William Lloyd Garrison
Established a hospital in Richmond for sick and wounded soldiers
Who was Sally Louisa Tompkins
The theater Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in
What was Ford's Theater