Random Civil War Facts
This is the biggest killer of the Civil War.
What are diseases?
The "turning point" of the war.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
What is Appomattox Courthouse?
This is the name given to the Union campaign that destroyed the South from Atlanta to Savannah
What is the Sherman's March to the Sea?
The Angel of the Battlefield
This speech starts with "Four Score and Seven Years Ago".
What is the Gettysburg Address?
People brought picnic baskets to watch this first battle of the war and were horrified at the bloodshed and violence.
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
The first city to be burnt by Sherman and his men.
What is Atlanta?
This was the nickname given to rail lines that were pulled up by Sherman's men.
What are Sherman's Neckties?
The President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
This document freed enslaved people in the rebelling states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The name of the Union war strategy.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
At Andersonville, guards were told to "shoot to kill" if a prisoner touched this.
What is the dead wall?
This prison camp had 3000 deaths in one month due to malnourishment and illness.
What is the Andersonville Prison Camp?
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This bullet destroyed tissue and bones which led to many amputations in the American Civil War.
What is the minie ball?
This famous confederate general was shot by his own men at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Who is "Stonewall" Jackson?
General Sherman offered the surrender of Savannah to President Lincoln as this.
What is a Christmas present?
General Sherman was known as the "first modern general" due to his use of this devastating war strategy.
What is total war?
A confederate spy that used her friendship with government officials to collect information to pass along confederate leaders.
Who is Rose Greenhow?
This is the war strategy used at the Battle of Vicksburg.
What is a siege?
The single bloodiest day of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
According to the surrender agreement, men in the Army of Northern Virginia were able to keep...
What are side arms? Horses? Personal Property?
This is the location of the assassination of President Lincoln?
What is Ford's Theater?
This military leader famously did not get along with Lincoln due to his indecision and hesitation in the field.
Who is General George B. McClellan?