Battles
Place
Generals
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
The bombardment of this South Carolina military fort started the Civil War
What is Ft. Sumter?
100
The names of the ironclad ships that fought at Hampton Roads at the mouth of the James River.
What is the Monitor and the Merrimac?
100
Union general who burned Atlanta.
Who is General William T. Sherman?
100
Major issue that involved the forced servitude of other human beings.
What is slavery?
100
Northern Democrats who advocated peace with the South in the war - opposed abolition and sympathized with the South
What are Copperheads?
200
The bloodiest single day of the Civil War occurred here.
What is Antietam?
200
- Horrendous Civil War prison in Georgia with no shelter or fresh water, and a low survival rate. - There was no shelter. - huge population, and there were food shortages, overcrowding, and disease that killed about 100 men a day during the summer months.
What is Andersonville?
200
General of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Prior to the Civil War, he was a top graduate at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York. He freed his slaves after the southern states seceded.
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
200
16th President of the United States of America. Shortly after his election, South Carolina seceded from the Union.
Who is President Abraham Lincoln?
200
A draft that would force certain members of the population to serve in the army.
What is conscription?
300
This three day battle is considered to be the turning point of the Civil War and also the battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War.
What is Gettysburg?
300
The first capital city of the Confederate States of America.
What is Montgomery, Alabama
300
Confederate general who lead the Valley Campaign; he received his infamous nickname during the First Battle of Bull Run.
Who is Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson?
300
- 3 part Union (Northern) strategy in the Civil War in which they would surround the South and win Civil War - blockade ports, control Mississippi River, take over Richmond
What is Anaconda Plan?
300
Southern sympathizer who assassinated Abraham Lincoln.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
400
Grant attacked the city from May 18 to July 4, 1863, until it surrendered, yielding command of the Mississippi River to the Union.
What is Vicksburg?
400
The second and final capital city of the Confederate States of America.
What is Richmond, Virginia?
400
Union general who lead the Union forces to final victory in the Civil War. He was later the 18th President of the United States of America.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
400
President of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
400
The "Angel of the Battlefield." She is the founder of the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
500
First major battle of the Civil War - General McDowell led Union forces against General Thomas Jackson - The first Southern victory in the War - Fought in Virginia
What is Bull Run?
500
This is the location where General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Grant thus bringing an end to the Civil War.
What is Appomattox Court House, Virginia?
500
Union general who was successful in attacking New Orleans?
Who is David Farragut?
500
The first regiment made of African American soldiers; fought for the Union.
What is the 54th Massachusetts?
500
Elderly Union supporting lady who lived in Frederick, Maryland and flew the American "Stars and Bars" proudly when the city was being besieged by General Stonewall Jackson.
Who is Barbara Fritchie
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