People
Battles
Vocabulary
Union/Confederacy Strength or Weakness
100
Confederate general who earned the nickname "Stonewall" for stopping the Union advance in the first battle of the war.
Who is Thomas J. Jackson
100
Week long series of battles in northern Virginia in which the Confederates forced the Union to retreat, preventing them from taking Richmond; the conflict took place from June 25 to July 1, 1862.
What are the Seven Days' Battles
100
A rebellion or revolt.
What is an uprising
100
Had few factories
Confederate weakness
200
General who commanded the Army of Northern Virginia.
Who is Robert E. Lee
200
The first battle of the war, which resulted in a surprise Confederate victory; it was fought in Manassas, Virginia.
What is the First Battle of Bull Run
200
The slave states of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri located next to the states where slavery was legal.
What are border states
200
Fewer railroads
Confederate weakness
300
Victorious general who commanded the Union forces in the West.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant
300
Bloody battle fought on September 17, 1862 near Sharpsburg, Maryland; although the Confederates were forced to retreat to Virginia, the Union failed to pursue them and possibly end the war.
What is the Battle of Antietam
300
To join the armed forces.
What is enlist
300
Good generals
Confederate strength
400
Union admiral whose fleet captured New Orleans in April 1862.
Who is David Farragut
400
April 1862 Union victory in southern Tennessee that resulted in a staggering number of casualties on both sides.
What is the Battle of Shiloh
400
Cleanliness and other practices and conditions that lead to good health.
What is hygiene
400
Soldiers fighting an offensive war
Union weakness
500
Brave Union general who lost three horses at the Battle of Shiloh.
Who is William Tecumseh Sherman
500
First battle in history between two ironclads. The Union ship was named the _______________ and the Confederate ship, later renamed the Virginia, was named the ____________________.
What is the Monitor and the Merrimack
500
To steal or take by force.
What is plunder
500
Had to depend on long supply lines
Union weakness
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