Generals
Battles
Union
Confederacy
Miscellaneous
100
The commander of the Army of Northern Virginia is considered the most successful confederate general.
Who is Robert E. Lee?
100
This battle started the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Fort Sumter?
100
The Union consisted this many states at the start of the Civil War.
What are 23 states?
100
He as President of the Confederate States of America.
Who is Jefferson Davis?
100
In 1862, the U.S. Congress authorized the first paper currency.
What are greenbacks?
200
He fought to his death at the battle of Chancellorsville from friendly fire.
Who is Stonewall Jackson?
200
7,000 Americans fell in 20 minutes here.
What is Cold Harbor, Va.?
200
These subsequent bills were primarily revenue driven to meet the war's needs.
What are tariffs?
200
The capital of the Confederate States of America from February 4 until May 29, 1861.
What is Montgomery, Alabama?
200
These words first appeared on a U.S. coin in 1864.
What is "In God We Trust?"
300
This senator from Kentucky had two sons who became major generals during the Civil War: one for the North, one for the South.
Who is Senator John J. Crittendon?
300
It was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
300
They refused their salaries for 18 months to protest being paid lower wages than white soldiers.
Who are Black Union soldiers?
300
The Confederacy was established in February 1861 by state delegations sent from seven of the United States.
What is the Montgomery Convention?
300
President Lincoln offered just 268 words at the opening of a new Union cemetery in November 1863.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
400
His victory at Appomattox Courthouse effectively ended the civil war.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
400
It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run?
400
The main opposition came from Southern sympathizers in the Midwest.
Who are Copperheads?
400
The military armed forces of the Confederacy comprised three branches.
What is the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps?
400
This state sent 39 regiments to fight in the siege of Vicksburg: 17 to the Confederacy and 22 to the Union.
What is Missouri?
500
One of five men to ever be promoted to a five star rank of the general army.
Who is Arthur Macarthur?
500
It served as America's introduction to the "total warfare" of the rest of the Civil War.
What is Shiloh?
500
The most important riots in response to the 1863 draft law.
What are the New York City draft riots?
500
The Confederacy's last remaining blockade-running port.
What is Wilmington, North Carolina?
500
"All those enslaved in Confederate territory to be forever free."
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
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