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100
This tall-hatted fellow was the Union president throughout the war.
Who is Lincoln?
100
Spectators came out to enjoy this first major battle of the Civil War?
What is First Bull Run, or Manassas?
100
The battle of Gettysburg took place in this month and year.
What is July, 1863?
100
This was found wrapped around some cigars before the battle of Antietam.
What is the Confederate battle plan?
100
This act of aggression in South Carolina was the official beginning of the Civil War.
What is the attack on Fort Sumter?
200
Even though he eventually surrendered to end the war, he was considered a brilliant general.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
200
A successful siege opened up the Mississippi River to the Union after this town surrendered.
What is Vicksburg?
200
Lee, Longstreet and Pickett.
Who are Confederate generals at Gettysburg?
200
These were states that kept their slaves but remained in the Union.
What are border states?
200
This event lasted weeks and helped break the will of the Southern people in late 1864.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
300
This Union general did not let his troops cheer as the Confederate Army surrendered.
Who is Grant?
300
This gruesome battle was fought in a border state.
What is Antietam?
300
Confederate troops originally entered the town of Gettysburg looking for these common items.
What are shoes?
300
Of Virginia, Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio, only this one was a border state.
What is Kentucky?
300
January 1, 1863 was the date that this important document was issued.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
400
This general, received his famous nickname at the first Battle of Bull Run.
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
400
This bloody battle took place in Tennessee in 1862.
What is Shiloh?
400
This was the newly appointed Union general during Gettysburg.
Who is Meade?
400
A major part of the Union strategy was to use this to cut off the Confederacy from European trade.
What is a blockade?
400
Riots in New York City in July of 1863 were brought on by the enactment of this law.
What is the Conscription Act of 1863?
500
This Union general was fired shortly after his greatest 'victory'.
Who is McClellan?
500
Union troops under General Joe Hooker were embarrassed by a much smaller Confederate force in this 1863 Virginia battle.
What is Chancellorsville?
500
The end of the line of the Union army on the second day, which the Confederates could not flank, was located in this descriptively-named spot.
What is Little Round Top?
500
Ironically, the release of the Emancipation Proclamation did not immediately do this.
What is free any slaves?
500
The official end of the war took place in this tiny town in Virginia on April 9, 1865.
What is Appomattox Court House?
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