War Behind The Lines
These people took on the role of nurses during the Civil War
What is women (Clara Barton, Florence Nightingale)
These are far more accurate than the former musket ball bullets
What are minie bullets?
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at what fort?
What is Fort Sumter?
These were used for one of the first times to sink enemy ships
what are submarines?
This was the single bloodiest day battle in the Civil War
What is the battle of Antietam?
This Proclamation released Jan. 1st 1863 freeing slaves in states that were in rebellion
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
These replace solid iron cannonballs
What are shrapenel shells?
This was the North's plan at the beginning, maybe influenced the Nikki Minaj song.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This side of the Civil War held the first ever military draft in American history
Who are the Confederates?
This was the bloodiest battle during the war
What is Gettysburg?
This is the greatest killer of the Civil War
What is disease/illness/bad hygeine?
This was the most effective way to send information between soldiers fighting and officials not fighting
What is the telegraph?
This is where the first official battle of the Civil War takes place
What is Bull Run?
This was a name for Peace Democrats who were very against the war
Who are the Copperheads?
This was one of the last battles of the Civil War that led to the Union burning the city in GA down and advancing to Richmond
What is the Battle of Atlanta?
This woman created the American Red Cross
Who is Clara Barton?
These become used for the first time to transport troops
What are railroads?
This General was in control of the Union army in the beginning of the war slowly moving from place to place
Who is George McClellan?
These were ships that were designed with iron three inches thick
What are ironclads?
This battle was a sneak attack failed by the Union when they tried to build and cross five pontoon bridges, leading to double the casualties than the Confederates
What is the battle of Fredericksburg?
This is where soldiers spend around 75% of their time during the war
What is war camps?
This gun was normally on wheels and one of the first examples of modern machine guns
What is the Gatling Gun?
This city was guarded by two forts until some Union ships snuck past them leading to the fall of this key hub of Confederate industry
Where is New Orleans?
Lincoln establishes this to help mandate battlefield and camp cleanliness
What is the United States Sanitary Commission?
The fighting was so intense the surrounding forest caught fire from the gunfire burning the wounded alive
What is the Battle Of The Wilderness?