The Lincoln Assassination
This famous stage actor killed Abraham Lincoln
Who is John Wilkes Booth
The first shots of the Civil War were fired on Fort Sumter in this city
What is Charleston
This was the first major civil war battlefield, where Thomas Jackson earned his nickname "Stonewall"
What is First Manassas or Bull Run
This was the primary mode of movement of armies, particularly in the earlier part of the war
What is walking/on foot
This Union general led the assault on Atlanta and marched to the sea to capture Savannah and the Carolinas
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman
This woman was the first female executed in the United States for her role in the conspiracy to assassinate Abraham Lincoln
Who is Mary Suratt
This city in West Virginia was a key strategic point at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
What is Harper's Ferry
The longest siege of the war lasted from June 1864 from April 1865 outside this Virginia city
What is Petersburg
This technology allowed for long-distance communication using wires and morse code
What is the telegraph
This general was called the Little Napoleon, and later ran against Abraham Lincoln in the 1864 presidential election.
Who is George McClellan
The funeral train following Lincoln's death traveled across the country to this IL city where Lincoln lived before becoming president and where he is buried.
What is Springfield
The tiny town of Sharpsburg, MD, home of Emily's beloved Nutter's Ice Cream, was the site of this battle in 1862.
What is Antietam
This three-day battle in northern Georgia in 1863, had the second most casualties of the war, after Gettysburg
What is Chickamauga
These animals were used by calvary forces for reconnaissance and fast raids into enemy territory.
What are horses.
This man, killed on the first day at Shiloh, was the highest ranking confederate general killed in the war
Who is Albert Sidney Johnston
This man, the US Secretary of State in 1865 was seriously injured in an attack by the Lincoln conspirators.
Who is William Seward
This region was described by Abraham Lincoln as a critical island of pro-Union sympathy in the south.
What is East Tennessee
This 1862 battle in central Kentucky was the largest in the state and ended the south's last major action in the state.
What is Perrysville
The most common musket round fired by troops in the civil war was named after its French inventor
What is the Minnie Ball
This man, nicknamed the Bishop of the Confederacy was killed by a Federal cannon at Pine Mountain, outside Marietta, GA in June 1864
Who is Leonidas Polk
This is the site where John Wilkes Booth was caught and killed in a stand-off with Federal soldiers outside Port Royal, VA
What is the Garret Farm
This site, outside Durham, NC, was the location of the surrender of Joseph Johnston's army, 17 days after Appomattox.
What is Bennett Place
The final battle of the civil war, a confederate victory happend at this spot, about 100 yards from the Mexican border in June 1865.
What is Palmetto/Palmito Ranch
These armored ships were first invented and used in early naval engagements in 1862 in Norfolk, VA
what are Ironclads
A former clerk for Abraham Lincoln's old lawfirm, this man was the first Union Casualty of the Civil War, when he was shot removing a confederate flag atop the Marshall House in Alexandria VA
Who is Elmer Ellsworth