He was the Confederate commander at Gettysburg, and one of the most famous American military men of all time.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
100
Fought in Maryland, this battle remains the single deadliest day in American history.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
100
The Union had many, many more miles of this, enabling them to move large amounts of troops very quickly.
What are railroads?
100
The Union strategy to defeat the Confederacy was referred to by this name.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
100
Owner of one of the greatest walrus mustaches in history, this man led a famous bayonet charge for the Union at Gettysburg.
What is Joshua Chamberlain?
200
This man assassinated Abraham Lincoln and was then killed by Union troops in Virginia.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
200
Alone on an island in South Carolina, this place was where the first shots of the Civil War were fired.
What is Fort Sumter?
200
Abraham Lincoln had to suspend or halt these in the North to keep people from publishing negative opinions about the Union and the war.
What are the printing presses?
200
This was the capital of the Confederacy.
What is Richmond, VA?
200
This was the name of the hill that the Union was defending at Gettysburg where Strong Vincent was shot.
What is Little Round Top?
300
This ladies' man was the Union commander at Chancellorsville and succeeded Ambrose Burnside.
Who is "Fighting" Joe Hooker?
300
This was a town on the Mississippi River that Ulysses S. Grant needed to take to control the entire river. He laid siege to it for 48 days.
What is Vicksburg?
300
The food situation for the average soldier was poor, and often all they had to eat was a simple biscuit made of flour, salt, and water called this.
What is hardtack?
300
This man ran against Abraham Lincoln in the 1864 Presidential election.
Who is George B. McClellan?
300
This was the Union army's destructive campaign across Georgia from Atlanta to Savannah.
What is Sherman's March to the Sea?
400
This man was the President of the Confederacy.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
400
Ironclads fought against one another for the first time at this battle, and wooden navies across the world immediately became obsolete.
What is the Battle of Hampton Roads?
400
The act of leaving one's fighting unit to go back home was a major problem for both sides. We refer to this by this name:
What is desertion?
400
This is a type of warfare in which one side wears down the other side until they cannot fight any more.
What is a War of Attrition?
400
The Confederate charge against the Union lines on the final day at Gettysburg has become known as this, after the man who led it.
What is Pickett's Charge?
500
This man came up with the Union's plan to defeat the Confederacy
Who is Winfield Scott / "Old Fuss n' Feathers"?
500
General John Pope led the Union into this battle in Virginia, where he proceeded to get crushed by the Confederacy.
What is the Battle of Second Manassas?
500
These ragtag bands of outlaw-like men were employed by the Confederate government to track down and kill or bring back men who left their units without permission.
What are the Home Guard?
500
This was the place in Virginia where Robert E. Lee signed the Confederate surrender.
What is Appomattox Court House?
500
This incident, where Union naval officers arrested two Confederate diplomats on a British ship, prompted the British to send troops to Canada and almost resulted in the British entering the Civil War.