Civil War People
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis
Freedmen were allowed to join the Union Army as soldiers after the passing of this.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Known to be Lee's Greatest Victory, but also where he lost his best friend, Stonewall Jackson
What is Chancellorsville?
Union General who found Lee's Battle Plans for Antietam, but did not act on them.
Who is McClellan?
The first shots of the war were fired here
What is Fort Sumter? or Charleston, SC?
Which side called themselves the Confederacy
What is the South?
The Union general who later became President
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
A Confederate general trained at West Point who was responsible for leading troops at Harpers Ferry and became commander of the Confederate Army
Who is Robert E Lee?
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.
What are population, technology, industrialization, railroads, Abraham Lincoln, ?
She founded the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
She was known as heading up a Confederate Spy Ring .
Who is Rose O'Neal Greenhow?
Lincoln's speech given November 19th, 1863
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This battle was the final spot that the Union needed to win in order to gain full control of the Mississippi.
What is Vicksburg?
Town where the Battle of Bull Run was fought.
What is Manassas, Virginia
The economy of the Southern states was based on this product but they could not ship out any of it because of the blockade.
What is cotton.
Turned down the job from the North Army to take full command of the South's Army
Who is General Robert E. Lee
This document declared slaves in rebelling states were henceforward free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
After the war, he refused to swear an oath of loyalty to the US and never became a citizen again.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
1st Major Battle Win in the West for the Union
What is the Battle of Shiloh
Confederate commander that gave the confederate soldiers the order to cross the open field at Gettysburg.
Who is George Pickett.
The capital city of the Union states
What was Washington DC?
Civil War hero that later became president of a college and governor of his home state.
Who is Joshua Chamberlain.
Sherman's March to the Sea was _____ miles wide.
What is 60?
The final major battle of the Civil War and the location of the surrender by General Robert E. Lee.
What was Appomattox.
This is known as the Battle of the Ironclads
What is the battle of Hampton Roads?
Name one of the 5 slave states that fought for the Union.
What are Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, West Virginia and Delaware?
The most common cause of death during the war
What is disease/infection?
Who is David Farragot
An aggressive Union general who led the North’s campaign in the West.
Who is U.S. Grant?
General Stonewall Jackson helped lead the Confederate Army to victory at this battle
What is the 1st Battle of Bull Run
The Union General who captured Richmond
Who is General Ulysses S. Grant?
Robert E. Lee surrendered here in April 1865
Where is Appomattox, VA?
This Regiment lead the attack on Ft. Wagner.
What is the Mass 54th.