Generals
Placed more soldiers on the Union line
Who is General George G. Meade?
Lasted seven days and Lee forced McClellan to retreat from Richmond
What is the Seven Days' Battle?
Speech Lincoln gave that included liberty, equality, and democratic ideals
What is the Gettysburg Address?
The ridge Pickett charged up during Pickett's Charge
What is Cemetery Ridge?
Formed the basis for the American Red Cross
Who is Clara Barton?
Gave Lincoln the victory he needed to win the reelection in 1864
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman?
Battle that began when Lee's raiding party went to Gettysburg and came under fire by the Union
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The year Lincoln became president
What is 1861?
This was an important fort located near Charleston
What is Fort Sumter?
Wrote "Everyday we grow weaker...Already they [Confederate soldiers] begin to cry out for more ammunition, and already the blockade is beginning to shut it all out,"
Who is Mary Boykin Chesnut?
Known for holding the confederate groups at The First Battle of Bull Run
What was General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson known best for?
Union campaign with 100,000 Union men against 70,000 Confederates
What is the Wilderness Campaign?
Called for all slaves in Confederate controlled areas to be free
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Was home to many Confederate railroads and industries; Sherman destroyed it
What was the significance of Atlanta, Georgia?
Headed more than 3,000 soldiers in the Union army that served as paid nurses
Who is Dorthea Dix?
The city's high bluffs allowed him to cover the area with heavy guns
Who is General John C. Pemberton?
Known as Grant's worst defeat in which 7,000 Union troops were killed or wounded
What was the Battle of Cold Harbor known for?
Lincoln sent him to capture Richmond; camped in Yorktown
Who is George B. McClellan?
What were Fort Henry and Fort Donelson?
Was the first woman to earn a medical license
Who is Elizabeth Blackwell?
Developed a two part strategy that destroyed the South's economy and cut communication
Who is General Winfield Scott?
Took place in northwestern Arkansas, where Union forces hoped Confederate leaders would give the Indian nations independence
What is the Battle of Pea Ridge?
Place where Lincoln ordered an attack right after the fall of Fort Sumter
What is the Confederate Capitol?
Were known as border states of the North
What were Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri?
Established a hospital in Richmond
Who is Sally Louisa Tompkins?