Generals
This Union general found great success in the Mississippi River campaign and eventually rose to the ranks of General in Chief of the United States Army.
Ulysses S. Grant
The bloodiest battle of the Civil War, this was also the only major battle fought in Pennsylvania.
This state seceded from its original Confederate counterpart to form a new Union state
West Virginia
Lincoln carried out his plan to free all the slaves of the Confederacy with this act.
The Emancipation Proclamation
This significant member of the Union military was a Southerner, considered by many to have been a traitor.
U.S. Admiral David Farragut
Despite opposing secession and the expansion of slavery, this reluctant Virginian eventually rose to the General in Chief of the Confederate Army.
Robert E. Lee
The bloodiest single day in American history, this battle saw the Union turn back Robert E. Lee's planned invasion of the Union.
Antietam Creek/Sharpsburg
This man served as President of the Confederate States of America.
Jefferson Davis
This law gave men in good standing with the Union the opportunity to claim free land west of the Mississippi.
The Homestead Act
This famous general was killed by friendly fire.
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
This hero of the Shenandoah Valley and brilliant military strategist was later killed by friendly fire.
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
The first major battle between Union and Confederate forces, which saw an embarrassing Union retreat.
The First Battle of Bull Run/First Manassas
This state was the first to secede the Union after Lincoln's inauguration.
South Carolina
In 1863, Lincoln signed the Conscription Act, which accomplished this goal.
Enacted the military draft
This state remained with the Union, bought saw many battles between its own citizens who were divided among Union and Confederate.
Missouri
This general employed scorched earth tactics in his war of attrition.
This pivotal battle in Tennessee allowed Grant's army to continue invading the South and drove the Confederacy retreating to Mississippi.
Shiloh
Lincoln promoted Edwin Stanton to serve in this position in his cabinet.
Secretary of War
This act pardoned Confederate soldiers if they swore an oath of loyalty to the Union
The Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction
Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest was responsible for the massacre of 300 African-American soldiers at this site in 1864.
Fort Pillow
The death of this general at the Battle of Shiloh was a terrible loss for the Confederacy.
Albert Sidney Johnston
The longest single campaign of the war saw 10 months of siege outside this Virginian city.
Petersburg
During the Civil War, Lincoln ran for reelection against which Democratic candidate?
George B. McClellan
Established a national currency
This Confederate General came the closest to Washington, D.C.
Jubal Early