Women In Civil War
She was the author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin."
Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe?
n. a person who collects secret information about an enemy, often while in enemy territory
Who is a spy?
Though the Civil War began when Confederate troops shelled Fort Sumter on April 12, 1861, the fighting didn’t begin in earnest until this battle.
What is the Battle of Bull Run?
In 1863, Lincoln issued this document that declared enslaved people in Confederate states to be free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
With many men off fighting, these people often ran farms, businesses, and even took on factory jobs.
Who are women?
This formerly enslaved woman became a Union spy and led a raid that freed over 700 slaves in South Carolina.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
v. to communicate over long distances by sending signals through wires.
Not a cell phone
What is a telegraph?
While this battle was considered a tactical draw, President Lincoln claims a strategic victory. Lincoln has been waiting for a military success to issue his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This famous speech, delivered at a battlefield cemetery, began with “Four score and seven years ago…”
What is The Gettysburg Address?
This group of people faced new opportunities and dangers as they escaped to Union lines, often working in camps or joining the army.
Who are formerly enslaved people?
She was known as the “Angel of the Battlefield” and later founded the American Red Cross.
Who is Clara Barton?
n. a battle strategy in which enemy soldiers surround a building or place so that those under attack cannot receive supplies; a blockade
What is a siege?
As many as 51,000 soldiers from both armies are killed, wounded, captured or missing in the three-day battle. The carnage is overwhelming, but the Union victory buoys Lincoln’s hopes of ending the war.
What is The Battle of Gettysburg?
Lincoln appointed this general to lead the Union Army after several others had failed to win decisive victories.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
This term describes the forced service of men into the army, leading to protests and riots in the North.
What is the draft?
On the Confederate side, she ran a private hospital in Richmond, Virginia. In this hospital she cared for both Confederate soldiers and Union prisoners.
Who is Sally Tompkins?
n. rights that all people are born with and that cannot be taken away by the government
What are Natural Rights?
Even though the Confederate army won this battle, it lost one of its best generals, Stonewall Jackson.
What is the Battle of Chancellorsville?
Abraham Lincoln was this numbered president.
What is the sixteenth?
Young boys sometimes served in the army doing this important job of relaying messages and boosting morale.
Who are drummer boys?
She disguised herself as a man and fought in several battles under the name “Frank Thompson.”
Who is Sarah Emma Edmonds?
n. a continuous attack with bombs, missiles, or other types of ammunition.
What is a bombardment?
At 10:00 a.m. on July 4th, 1863, some 29,000 Confederates march out of their lines, stack their rifles, and furl their flags. With this battle in Union hands and the Mississippi in their control, Lincoln had great cause for optimism.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
Abraham Lincoln, was born near this town and state on February 12, 1809.
What is Hodgenville, Kentucky?
This major 1862 battle in Tennessee was one of the bloodiest early battles and shocked both sides with its casualties.
What is the Battle of Shiloh?