This general lead the Confederate Army?
Who is Robert E. Lee?
This is the general the Confederacy ran into outside of Gettysburg.
Who is General Buford?
This was the first black volunteer regiment made up of freemen.
What is the 54th Infantry?
This General was in command of the Union forces during Vicksburg.
Who was General Grant?
This General led the Union Army
Who is George Meade
The Emancipation Proclamation was this kind of edict signed by the President. While not a law, it had to be enforced like one.
What is an executive order?
Vicksburg sits on this river.
What is the Mississippi River?
This Confederate leader argued against Lee's plan
Who is James Longstreet?
This disastrous charge led to the Confederate defeat at Gettysburg.
What is Pickett's Charge?
These were the two hills outside of Gettysburg they Union defended.
What are Big Round Top and Little Round Top?
Lincoln waited until a major victory at Antietam to release this document.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
What is a canal?
This was the leader of the 20th Maine Infantry in the Union.
Who was Joshua Chamberlain?
This was the reason behind the Confederate army invading Gettysburg?
The Emancipation freed all of the slaves from slave states except these two.
What are Missouri and Kentucky?
This General was the leader of the Confederates defending Vickburg.
Who was Pemberton?
This Cavalry general was considered to be the eyes of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Who is JEB Stuart?
Longstreet's plan was to go around the Union army and get between them and this city.
What is Washington DC?
This is the total estimated number of casualties by the end of the battle.
What is 50,000?
These were the two outcomes Lincoln wanted with the Emancipation Proclamation.
What are Slaves would abandon their plantations and hurt the Southern war effort or rise in armed rebellion against the Confederacy?
General Grant, who normally demanded unconditional surrender, was talked into doing this with the Confederate troops.
What is paroling them?