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Miscellaneous
100
Who was president during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
100
1st Battle of Bull Run
What is the first official battle of the Civil War?
100
How old was Charley at the beginning of the war?
15
100
What are ships heavily armored with iron?
ironclads
100
Where did Lee formally sign his surrender?
Appomattox Courthouse
200
Who was the commander of the Confederate forces?
Robert E. Lee
200
Battle of Gettysburg
What is the turning point of the Civil War, fought in Pennsylvania, bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
200
Why should soldiers wear clean clothes?
What is to avoid infection if he was shot
200
Who are copperheads?
Northern Democrats who opposed the war.
200
What was the North's strategy to win the war?
Naval blockade and gain control of the Mississippi. Take the capital of Richmond
300
Who was Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
A Confederate General who is killed during the war.
300
This was a Union victory and the bloodiest single day in American military history.
Battle of Antietam
300
What were the fireflies Charlesy saw after the 1st battle?
Lanters of people looking for their friends among the dead.
300
What is a total war?
Targeting civilians and their resources to destroy the military's ability to fight.
300
Why did the Emancipation Proclamation only free the slaves in the states still in rebellion?
Lincoln was afraid the border states would leave the Union if he freed their slaves.
400
Who was the Union general who led the March to the Sea?
William T. Sherman
400
Siege of Vicksburg
What is a Union victory, allowed Union to gain control of the Mississippi, civilians suffered?
400
Where was Charley fighting while at Gettysburg?
Little Round Top
400
What was the 54th Massachusetts?
An all African-American regiment, led the charge at Fort Wagner.
400
The attack on this place began the Civil War?
Fort Sumter
500
Who was the supreme commander of the Union forces at the end of the Civil War?
Ulysses S. Grant
500
Battle of Shiloh
What is a Union victory in Tennessee, Grant led the troops, wouldn't allow them to surrender?
500
How many times per minute were soldiers required to shot?
3
500
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Document that freed slaves in all areas of rebellion (southern states)
500
Why did Lee want to invade the North?
Gain supplies, break Union moral, gain foreign allies, relieve the South
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