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Fort Sumter led to the outbreak of this.
Civil War
Led to the armed conflict.
Southern states secession.
Yanks or Yankees.
Ships with armor.
Ironclad
Union General in the West
Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate General who refused to lead the Union Army.
Robert E. Lee
The forts in the south were under who's control?
The Union
Nicknames for the Confederate soldiers.
Johnny, Rebels, greybacks
Union victory that turned into the fiercest fighting the war had yet seen.
The Battle of Shiloh
Union General in the East
George McClellan
Boarder states were important for these reasons.
locations and resources
The attack of what fort prompted the Civil War?
Fort Sumter, Charleston, SC
Ages of the majority of soldiers that served.
18-30 but some were as young as 10 and as old as 83.
The bloodiest single day battle in American history.
Battle of Antietam
Confederate commander killed at the Battle of Shiloh.
Albert S. Johnston
The Southern strategy for winning the Civil War.
King Cotton
Maryland was kept in the Union by this tactic.
Gaining control of the state legislature.
Which side allowed African Americans to serve?
the North
Union fleet led by David Farragut captured what largest city in the south?
New Orleans
General Lee attacked General McClellan's army in the battle known as ...
The Seven Day's Battle
Confederate General who fought at the Battle of Bull Run.
Thomas J. Jackson or Stonewall Jackson
Number of states that made up the Union. Number of states that made up the 11.
24 Union; 11 Confederacy.
Total Americans that fought in the Civil War. Total under the Union. Total under the Confederates.
3,000 total. 2,000 Union. 1,000 Confederates.
Which side left a copy of their battle plans wrapped around cigars?
The Confederates.
The winner at the Battle of Antietam Creek
There was no clear winner.