Battles
First shots of the Civil War were fired here, Confederate victory, marks the beginning of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter?
President of the Union during the Civil War
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Cause: Both sides wanted clear control of the Mississippi River
Effect: Union captures the river and controls mass transportation
What is Vicksburg?
The Union's capital
What is Washington D.C.?
Most common cause of death in the Civil War
What is disease?
Union victory, Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation freeing Confederate slaves after this war
What is Antietam?
General of the Confederate Army
Who is General Robert E. Lee?
Cause: President Lincoln wants a clear victory before announcing Emancipation Proclamation
Effect: Draw but Union victory, both sides loose more than 23,000 men
What is Antietam?
The Confederate's capital
What is Richmond, Virginia?
Document issued by President Abraham Lincoln that freed all enslaved persons in the rebelling states
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This Union victory gave the North control of the Mississippi River and split the Confederacy
What is Vicksburg?
President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Cause: South Carolina felt aggression towards President Lincoln and wanted to get a head start in the war
Effect: General Robert E. Lee takes over this fort and restocks on supplies
What is Fort Sumter?
Place where a speech was given to commemorate the soldiers that died in a battle
What is Gettysburg, Pennsylvania?
Assassinated President Abraham Lincoln
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Confederate victory, North retreated in defeat, war would last a long time
What is Bull Run?
General of the Union Army, later became President
Who is General Ulysses Grant?
Cause: General Lee wanted a victory on Northern Territory
Effect: Union wins this battle within 3 days
What is Gettysburg?
Very important resource during the Civil War, the Union gained control of it at the Battle of Vicksburg
What is the Mississippi River?
Became President after Lincoln's assassination
Who is Andrew Johnson?
Turning point of the Civil War, General Lee's defeat by the Army of the Potomac forced his Confederate forces to retreat
What is Gettysburg?
Received a nickname at the First Battle of Bull Run
Who is Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson?
Cause: General Grant wants to capture Richmond, Virginia
Effect: South wins, proving a long war ahead
What is Bull Run?
The city that was captured by the Union and many civilians faced starvation
What is Vicksburg, Mississippi?
Northern woman who cared for soldiers, known as the "Angel of the Battlefield"
Who is Clara Barton?