Civil War Names
Names
Civil War Terms
Battles and Places
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Who was the Commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War?
Robert E. Lee
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Commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War
Robert E. Lee
100
Warship covered with protective iron plates
Ironclad
100
This place was in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina; the confederate attack marked the start of the Civil War
Fort Sumter
200
Who was the Commander of the Union army during the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant
200
Commander of the Union army during the Civil War
Ulysses S. Grant
200
A person killed or injured in a war or accident
Casualty
200
The first battle of the Civil War that had casualties in it..
Bull Run
300
Who saved the Union during the Civil War and emancipated the slaves?
Abraham Lincoln
300
General of the Confederate Army during the Civil War who stood like a stone wall at the first Battle of Bull Run
Thomas Jackson
300
The action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified a place and isolates it while continuing to attack.
Siege
300
The bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000 casualties.
Antietam
400
Who was a United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth
400
General of the Union Army; he was fired by Lincoln for being too cautious
George Mclellan
400
A law requiring people of a certain age to serve in the military
Draft
400
Pennsylvania battle that ended the South's last hopes of achieving victory through an invasion of the North
Gettysburg
500
Who was the General of the Civil War whose march to sea caused destruction to the south?
William T. Sherman
500
Commanded the Army of the Shenandoah
Phil Sheridan
500
Union plan to block all of the Confederate's resources, strangling them economically by taking control over water ways.
anaconda plan
500
United States Army installation on the west bank of Hudson River north of New York City and College for most Civil War Generals
West Point
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