Civil War People
Was president at the time of the civil war
Abraham Lincoln
This battle means "place of peace" in Hebrew
was the first union general
Irwin McDowell
The Civil War officially began here
Fort Sumter
The north named the battles after the nearest ________ and the south named the battles after the nearest _________
North: river
South: town
President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis
Stonewall Jackson got his name during this first land battle of the Civil War
Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
Given the opportunity to lead the Union army but turned it down because "He could not betray his state"
Robert E. Lee
The capital of the south was located in what city
Richmond
The Unions plan to surround the Confederacy on all sides,blocking all imports and denying all exports
The Anaconda Plan
Senator that proposed extending the Missouri Compromise line to California
Sen. Crittenden
The single bloodiest day in American history
Battle of Antietam
Removed from command for failing to pursue Lee's army after the battle of Antietam
Who is George B. McClellan
Location of the surrender and end of the war
Appomattox Courthouse
When soldiers would leave the army
Desertion / deserting
Founded the American Red Cross after the civil war
Clara Barton
This was the largest battle within the state of Kentucky
The national battlefield right next to us here at Saint Joseph
Petersburg
when soldiers HAD to go and fight in the war
forced service
Americas first female physician
Elizabeth Blackwell
This battle was the one that killed Stonewall Jackson
Battle of Chancellorsville
This general was nicknamed the creeper
George McClellan
Kanawa was the name of this state before it split from Virginia and became its own state
West Virginia
when wealthy people could pay poor people to go fight for them, we call these soldiers
substitutes