He's Famous
President of the Confederacy
Who is Jefferson Davis?
Turning point battle in Pennsylvania
What is Gettysburg?
Code name for the Union strategy
What is the Anaconda Plan?
1 of the 5 border states
What is Delaware, Maryland, West Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri?
Lincoln's assassin
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
Union commander (East) at the end of the war
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
After this battle, the Union controlled the entire Mississippi River
What is Vicksburg?
Inflict casualties and wear down the enemy
What is war of attrition?
For $300 dollars you could do this to avoid military service
What is hire a substitute?
His famous charge at Gettysburg cost the lives of 15000 Confederates and is considered the "high water mark" of the Confederacy
Who is George Pickett?
His "March to the Sea" destroyed most of central Georgia (including Atlanta)
Who is William T. Sherman?
The Confederate army was forced out of Maryland
What is Antietam (Sharpsburg)?
Destroying anything useful to the enemy
What is scorched earth?
Northerners who wanted to make peace with the Confederacy
What is Copperheads?
The first African American regiment in the Union Army
Who is the 54th Massachusetts Infantry?
This Union general was fired by Lincoln twice
Who is George McLellan?
After this battle, the Union captured Richmond, Virginia
What is Petersburg?
Ships made completely out of metal
What is ironclads?
The original Confederate capital
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
Lincoln suspended this and had southern sympathizers arrested and held without trial
What is the writ of habeas corpus?
Leader of the Copperheads, he was banished by Lincoln to the Confederacy
Who is Clement Valandinghan?
Lee surrendered here
What is Appomattox Court House?
Paper currency without the support of gold/silver to give it value
What is greenbacks?
This general, famous for his whiskers, ordered repeated Union charges at the Battle of Fredericksburg
Who is Ambrose Burnside?
Name one of the two Confederate ambassadors captured during the Trent Affair
Who is James Mason & John Slidell?